01 n. A true saying; truth.
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A true saying; truth.[Obs.]
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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. 16.
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A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.“Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain.” — Eclus. xxxiv. 5.