To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to
prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return
of a comet.
1. (Feud. Law) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. Burrill. 2. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. "The vassals of his anger....
