Soothsay

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: sooth=say

CIDE DICTIONARY

Soothsay, v. i. [Sooth + say; properly to say truth, tell the truth.].

 To foretell; to predict.  [1913 Webster]

Soothsay, n. 

•  A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  Omen; portent. Having  [1913 Webster]

  "God turn the same to good soothsay."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

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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Soothsay

Prediction

VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.