单词 | vaticination |
释义 | vaticinationn. 1. A prediction of an oracular or inspired nature; a prognostication or prophecy, a prophetic utterance or forecast. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > an inspired prophecy visionc1290 prophecyc1330 vaticiny1587 destiny1602 vaticination1603 prevision1635 weird1785 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1198 Sibylla, and Aristonice, or such as published their vaticinations and prophesies in verse. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 63 The Law has appointed a sort of Prophets as Judges over these divine Vaticinations. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xii. 66 Yorick scarce ever heard this sad vaticination of his destiny read over to him, but..that he [etc.]. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. viii. 147 The Dominie..had just that moment parted from Meg Merrilies, and was too deeply wrapt up in pondering upon her vaticinations, to make any answer. 1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. iii. 133 The frightful vaticinations of fire and slaughter with which Cicero had kept the ears of the people tingling. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. §6. 266 The ‘Sibylline Oracles’..contain many vaticinations, inextricably mingled, from Jewish, heathen, and Christian sources. 2. a. The action or fact of vaticinating; the utterance of predictions or prophecies; also, the power or gift of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] witiengc950 prophecyc1330 spaea1400 vaticiny1587 vaticination1623 ecstasy1670 Sibyllism1833 spaedom1862 seerhood1884 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > art or power of vaticination1623 spae-craft1724 seership1827 seercraft1828 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vaticination, a prophesying. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 147 Unless we dare ascribe to the Tyrant a Spirit of Vaticination, we cannot acquit the Author of the Letters of so manifest a cheat. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 233 He despised most of the ordinary prejudices about witchcraft, omens, and vaticination. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. §3. 206 The ambiguous vaticination of the heathen oracles. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > state of awareness consciencec1384 knowledgea1398 sensibility?c1425 knowingness1611 cognizance1635 conusance1635 cognoscence1647 vaticination1678 consciousness1753 awareness1839 clairvoyance1861 perceivingness1872 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. *** Whether this Assurance be called a Vaticination or Divine Sagacity, (as it is by Plato and Aristotle) or Faith, as in the Scripture. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Aristotle in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 409 That Vaticination, which all men have in their minds concerning the Gods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1603 |
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