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soothsay
(encz) | soothsay,věštit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Soothsay
(gcide) | Soothsay \Sooth"say`\, v. i. [Sooth + say; properly to say
truth, tell the truth.]
To foretell; to predict. "You can not soothsay." --Shak. "Old
soothsaying Glaucus' spell." --Milton.
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Soothsay
(gcide) | Soothsay \Sooth"say`\, n.
1. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. Omen; portent. Having
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God turn the same to good soothsay. --Spenser.
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soothsay
(encz) | soothsay,věštit v: Zdeněk Brož |
soothsayer
(encz) | soothsayer,jasnovidec n: Zdeněk Brožsoothsayer,prorok n: Zdeněk Brožsoothsayer,věštec n: Zdeněk Brož |
soothsaying
(encz) | soothsaying, |
Soothsayer
(gcide) | Soothsayer \Sooth"say`er\, n.
1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a
prognosticator.
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2. (Zool.) A mantis.
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Soothsaying
(gcide) | Soothsaying \Sooth"say`ing\, n.
1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
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2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events;
the art or practice of making predictions.
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A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . .
. which brought her masters much gain by
soothsaying. --Acts xvi.
16.
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3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
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Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain.
--Eclus.
xxxiv. 5.
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soothsayer
(wn) | soothsayer
n 1: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the
basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster,
predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer] |
soothsaying
(wn) | soothsaying
n 1: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy)
by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling,
soothsaying, fortune telling] |
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