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Prophesy
Answer for the clue "Prophesy ", 8 letters:
soothsay
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Word definitions for soothsay in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soothsay \Sooth"say`\, n. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.] --Spenser. Omen; portent. Having God turn the same to good soothsay. --Spenser.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy. 2 A portent; an omen. vb. (context intransitive English) To foretell the future; make predictions.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, back-formation from soothsayer . As a noun from 1540s.
Usage examples of soothsay.
Socialism, soft drinks, soothsaying, sorcery, space travel, spectacles, spelling, sports, squirrels, steamboats, steel, stereopticans, the Stock Exchange, stomachs, stores, storms, stoves, streetcars, strikes, submarines, subways, suicide, sundials, sunstroke, superstition, surgery, surveying, sweat and syphilis!
For he so worded the oracle 154 that whether Pyrrhus was conquered by the Romans, or the Romans by Pyrrhus, the soothsaying god would securely await the issue.