soothsay

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sooth·say

(so͞oth′sā′)

intr.v. sooth·said (-sĕd′), sooth·say·ing, sooth·says (-sĕz′)

To foretell future events; predict.

[Back-formation from soothsayer.]

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soothsay

(ˈsuːθˌseɪ)

vb, -says, -saying or -said

(Alternative Belief Systems) (intr) to predict the future

ˈsoothˌsaying n

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sooth•say

(ˈsuθˌseɪ)

v.i. -said, -say•ing.

to predict.

[1600–10]

soothsay

Past participle: soothsaid
Gerund: soothsaying

Imperative
soothsay
soothsay

Present
I soothsay
you soothsay
he/she/it soothsays
we soothsay
you soothsay
they soothsay

Preterite
I soothsaid
you soothsaid
he/she/it soothsaid
we soothsaid
you soothsaid
they soothsaid

Present Continuous
I am soothsaying
you are soothsaying
he/she/it is soothsaying
we are soothsaying
you are soothsaying
they are soothsaying

Present Perfect
I have soothsaid
you have soothsaid
he/she/it has soothsaid
we have soothsaid
you have soothsaid
they have soothsaid

Past Continuous
I was soothsaying
you were soothsaying
he/she/it was soothsaying
we were soothsaying
you were soothsaying
they were soothsaying

Past Perfect
I had soothsaid
you had soothsaid
he/she/it had soothsaid
we had soothsaid
you had soothsaid
they had soothsaid

Future
I will soothsay
you will soothsay
he/she/it will soothsay
we will soothsay
you will soothsay
they will soothsay

Future Perfect
I will have soothsaid
you will have soothsaid
he/she/it will have soothsaid
we will have soothsaid
you will have soothsaid
they will have soothsaid

Future Continuous
I will be soothsaying
you will be soothsaying
he/she/it will be soothsaying
we will be soothsaying
you will be soothsaying
they will be soothsaying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been soothsaying
you have been soothsaying
he/she/it has been soothsaying
we have been soothsaying
you have been soothsaying
they have been soothsaying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been soothsaying
you will have been soothsaying
he/she/it will have been soothsaying
we will have been soothsaying
you will have been soothsaying
they will have been soothsaying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been soothsaying
you had been soothsaying
he/she/it had been soothsaying
we had been soothsaying
you had been soothsaying
they had been soothsaying

Conditional
I would soothsay
you would soothsay
he/she/it would soothsay
we would soothsay
you would soothsay
they would soothsay

Past Conditional
I would have soothsaid
you would have soothsaid
he/she/it would have soothsaid
we would have soothsaid
you would have soothsaid
they would have soothsaid

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soothsay

verb

To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means:

augur, divine, foretell, prophesy, vaticinate.

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