soothsay

[sooth-sey]

sooth·say

[sooth-sey]
verb (used without object), sooth·said, sooth·say·ing.
to foretell events; predict.

Origin:
1600–10; back formation from soothsayer
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soothsay (ˈsuːθˌseɪ)
 
vb , -says, -saying, -said
(intr) to predict the future
 
'soothsaying
 
n

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