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soothsaying |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Soothsaying \Sooth"say`ing\, n. 1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.] 2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. --Acts xvi. 16. 3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. --Eclus. xxxiv 5. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: soothsaying n : prophecy by supernatural means [syn: {divination}, {foretelling}, {fortune telling}]
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