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soothsay

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sooth⋅say

  [sooth-sey]
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–verb (used without object), -said, -say⋅ing.
to foretell events; predict.
Origin:
1600–10; back formation from soothsayer
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sooth·say   (sōōth'sā')   
intr.v.   sooth·said (-sěd'), sooth·say·ing, sooth·says (-sěz')
To foretell future events; predict.

[Back-formation from soothsayer.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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