ominate

O1M3I1N1A1T1E1
/ˈɒmɪneɪt/

verb

To be an omen for (something); to foreshow, to presage.

OriginLatin ominātus →
First used 1582-1827Scrabble 9
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Meanings

verbominate (third-person singular simple present ominates, present participle ominating, simple past and past participle ominated)

present singular third person ominates · participle present ominating · participle past ominated · past ominated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo be an omen for (something); to foreshow, to presage.First known use 1582-1827

    I vviſh Philotheus no vvorſe ſucceſs then he had yesterday. But I cannot ominate ſo vvell touching this Congreſs.

    1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “The Second Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], London: […] James Flesher, →OCLC, paragraph I, page 171
    1 more example

    A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellovvſhippe by nature, vvhereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes vvas predeſtinate to thee from thy ſvvadling clothes.

    1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinominātus
  2. Englishominate

Borrowed from Latin ominātus, perfect active participle of ominor (“to presage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from omen.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

anomiteiomanteamniote
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Chicago

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