vatic

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  1. adjective Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular.

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  1. From Latin vātēs, seer, of Celtic origin; see wet-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin vates, a seer, prophet, poet (from an old Celtic form, appearing in Greek οὐάτης (Strabo), priest, Old Irish fāith, prophet), + -ic.
 

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