prognosticate

prognosticate (http://definr.com/prognosticate)

     v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
          of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, call, forebode,
           anticipate, promise]
     2:  indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
         portend, auspicate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow,
         augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]