“Innocence is innocent not because it rejects but because it accepts; is innocent not because it is impervious and invulnerable to everything, but because it is capable of accepting anything and still remaining innocent; innocent because it foreknows all and therefore doesn’t have to fear and be afraid.”
- from THE TOWN
- from THE TOWN
This Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil Goes High-Tech
Famous groundhog prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil will take a step into the 21st century Tuesday morning when he sends his annual prediction by text.
prog·nos·ti·cate (prŏg-nŏs'tĭ-kāt') 
tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
- To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell. See synonyms at predict.
- To foreshadow; portend: urban renewal that prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance.
[Middle English pronosticaten, from Medieval Latin prognōsticāre, prognōsticāt-, from Latin prognōsticum, sign of the future, from Greek prognōstikon, from neuter of prognōstikos, foreknowing. See prognostic.]
prognostication prog·nos'ti·ca'tion n.prognosticative prog·nos'ti·ca'tive adj.
prog·nos'ti·ca'tor n.
prognosticator
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