See Also: soothsayer(medicine)
soothsayer(dictionary)
soothsayer(dictionary)

abet (oh) and soothsayer (iou)


abet (oh)



[T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: abeter, from beter 'to bait']
to help someone do something wrong or illegal
-see also aid and abet at aid 2 (3)

soothsayer (iou)



soothsayer noun. ME.
[from SOOTH noun, adjective + SAYER noun1.]
A speaker of the truth, a truthful person. ME-M17.
A person claiming to be able to foretell future events; a prophet, a seer, a diviner. LME.
P. Lomas A soothsayer revealed..that they would never defeat the Trojans without..Philoctetes.
A praying mantis. M19.
soothsayeress noun (rare) a female soothsayer M17.