Word Meanings - SOOTHSAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Related words: (words related to SOOTHSAY)

• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• SPELLFUL
  Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.
• PREDICTIONAL
  Prophetic; prognostic.
• PREDICTOR
  One who predicts; a foreteller.
• FORETELLER
  One who predicts. Boyle.
• SPELLER
  1. One who spells. 2. A spelling book.
• SPELLBOUND
  Bound by, or as by, a spell.
• SPELLWORK
  Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment. Like those Peri isles of light That hang by spellwork in the air. Moore.
• SPELLING
  The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
• FORETELL
  To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton. Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate;
• SPELLKEN
  A theater. Byron.
• MILTONIAN
  Miltonic. Lowell.
• MILTONIC
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
• PREDICTABLE
  That may be predicted.
• SOOTHSAYER
  A mantis. (more info) 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
• SPELL
  A spelk, or splinter. Holland. (more info) akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf. Spillsplinter, roll of paper, Spell to
• SOOTHSAY
  To foretell; to predict. "You can not soothsay." Shak. "Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell." Milton.
• SPELLABLE
  Capable of being spelt. Carlyle.
• SOOTHSAYING
  1. A true saying; truth. 2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Acts xvi.
• PREDICT
  To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. Syn. -- To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.
• RESPELL
  To spell again.
• UNPREDICT
  To retract or falsify a previous prediction. Milton.
• HAMILTON PERIOD
  A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
• MISSPELL
  To spell incorrectly.
• MISSPELLING
  A wrong spelling.
• MISPELL; MISPEND
  See ETC