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soothsay

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verb (used without object), sooth·said, sooth·say·ing.

to foretell events; predict.

RELATED WORDS

foreshadow, signify, foretell, presage, portend, foresee, envision, conclude, anticipate, forecast, call, think, forebode, augur, calculate, gauge, determine, estimate, prefigure, prophesy

Origin of soothsay

First recorded in 1600–10; back formation from soothsayer
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soothsay

verb -says, -saying or -said

(intr) to predict the future
Derived Formssoothsaying, noun
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Word Origin and History for soothsay
v.

c.1600, back-formation from soothsayer. As a noun from 1540s.

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