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† ˈhariolate, v. Obs.
Cf. also ariolate, etc.
[f. L. hariolāt-, ppl. stem of hariolārī to divine, foretell, f. hariolus soothsayer.]
intr. To soothsay; also, in 17th c., to practise ventriloquism. Hence † ˈhariolating, † harioˈlation; also † ˈhariole v. (nonce-wd.), to divine, guess; † ˈhariolize, to soothsay.
1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxv. (1612) 168 The lad was loftie, for himself he hariolized well, At full he could his lessons, and a formale lie would tell. 1656Blount Glossogr., Hariolation, a fore-telling or South-saying. 1656T. Ady Candle in Dark 80 The imposture of Hariolating or speaking in the belly. 1660tr. Amyraldus' Treat. conc. Relig. iii. ii. 333 What is the guess of hariolation of two or three to the constant opinions of a whole multitude? 1677J. Webster Witchcr. vi. 121 The Genii hariolating forth of the belly. 1833C. Wordsworth in Ann. Early Life (1891) I. 130, I think I may venture to hariole [rime carriole]. |