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Webster 1913 Edition


Soothsay

Sooth′sayˊ

,
Verb.
I.
[
Sooth
+
say
; properly to say truth, tell the truth.]
To foretell; to predict.
“You can not soothsay.”
Shak.
“Old soothsaying Glaucus’ spell.”
Milton.

Sooth′sayˊ

,
Noun.
1.
A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
Omen; portent. Having
God turn the same to good
soothsay
.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Soothsay

SOOTH'SAY

,
Verb.
I.
[sooth and say.] To foretell; to predict. Acts. 16. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


soothsay

soothsay

English

Verb

soothsay (third-person singular simple present soothsays, present participle soothsaying, simple past and past participle soothsaid)

  1. (intransitive) To foretell the future; make predictions.

Noun

soothsay (plural soothsays)

  1. Soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy.
  2. A portent; an omen.

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