SOOTHSAY

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To foretell; to predict. "You can not soothsay." Shak. "Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell." Milton.

2.
n.

A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.] Spenser.

3.
n.

Omen; portent. Having God turn the same to good soothsay. Spenser.


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