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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "soothsay":
     adumbrate, augur, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, divine,
     dope, dope out, dowse for water, forebode, forecast, foresee,
     foretell, fortune-tell, guess, hariolate, make a prediction,
     make a prognosis, make a prophecy, portend, predict, prefigure,
     presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves,
     read the future, speculate, tell fortunes, tell the future,
     vaticinate
  
  

















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