How to pronounce“vates”in English
IPA/ˈveɪtiz/
Syllablesva·tes
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noun
A poet or bard who is divinely inspired.
“[Percy Bysshe] Shelley, a true vates, was called upon by their divine influence to render some choice passages from this very Faust, which, from confessed inability, [Francis Leveson-]Gower had left unattempted in his precious version, and some which from other motives he had purposely reticensed.”