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ominate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ominatus, past participle of ominari (to presage), from omen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To presage; to foreshow; to be an omen for
    • 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:
      A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellowſhippe by nature, whereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes was predeſtinate to thee from thy ſwadling clothes.
    • 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. [], 2nd edition, London: [] Joseph Downing [], published 1713, →OCLC:
      But I cannot ominate so well touching this Congress
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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ōmināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ōminātus

Spanish

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Verb

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ominate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ominar combined with te