1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a
sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction.
That choice would inevitably be considered by the country
as a prognostic of the highest import.
Macaulay. 2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease. Parr.
Syn. — Sign; omen; presage; token; indication.
Prognostic
(Prog*nos"tic), v. t. To prognosticate. [Obs.]
Prognosticable
(Prog*nos"tic*a*ble) a. Capable of being prognosticated or foretold. Sir T. Browne.
Prognosticate
(Prog*nos"ti*cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prognosticated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating.]
[See Prognostic.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to
predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke.
I neither will nor can prognosticate
To the young gaping heir his father's fate.
Dryden. Syn. — To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.
Prognostication
(Prog*nos`ti*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. prognostication.]
1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. Shak.
Prognosticator
(Prog*nos"ti*ca`tor) n. One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future
course or event by present signs. Isa. xlvii. 13.
Program
(Pro"gram) n. Same as Programme.
Programma
(||Pro*gram"ma) n.; pl. Programmata [ L. See Programme.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public
inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
2. An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
3. See Programme.
4. A preface. [Obs.] T. Warton.
Programme
(Pro"gramme) n. [L. programma a public proclamation, manifesto, Gr. fr. to write before or
in public; before, forth + to write; cf. F. programme. See Graphic.] That which is written or printed as
a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the
order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a
preliminary sketch.
Programme music (Mus.), descriptive instrumental music which requires an argument or programme
to explain the meaning of its several movements.
Progress
(Prog"ress) n. [L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro
forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. progrès. See Grade.]
1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically: (a) In actual space, as the
progress of a ship, carriage, etc. (b) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase. (c) In business
