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Meaning of ominate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ˈɒmɪneɪt

Definitions

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

obsolete, transitive

Examples

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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

ominated ominates ominating omit omits omitted

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