soothsaying
1Soothsaying — Sooth say ing, n. 1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. [1913 Webster] A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which… …
2soothsaying — soothsayer ► NOUN ▪ a person supposed to be able to foresee the future. DERIVATIVES soothsaying noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «person who speaks the truth»: see SOOTH(Cf. ↑sooth) …
3soothsaying — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of foretelling events 2. prediction, prophecy • soothsay intransitive verb …
4soothsaying — /soohth say ing/, n. 1. the practice or art of foretelling events. 2. a prediction or prophecy. [1525 35; SOOTH + SAYING] * * * …
5soothsaying — noun A method of foretelling the future. See Also: soothsayer, fortune telling …
6soothsaying — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something that is foretold by or as if by supernatural means: divination, oracle, prophecy, vaticination, vision. See FORESIGHT …
7soothsaying — n. foretelling of the future, prediction; prophecyv. predict future events, foretell the future …
8soothsaying — sooth·say·ing …
9soothsaying — Прорицание …
10soothsaying — sooth•say•ing [[t]ˈsuθˌseɪ ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the practice or art of foretelling events 2) a prophecy or prediction • Etymology: 1525–35 …
