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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > casting of lots, sortilege > [noun] (16) cavellingc1375 sortc1386 The casting or drawing of lots; divination by this means. Chiefly in by sort, = lot, n. 1b. sortilegea1387 The practice of casting lots in order to decide something or to forecast the future; divination based on this procedure or performed in some other… sortilegya1387 Divination by the casting or drawing of lots or otherwise; = sortilege, n.1 1. lot-casting1569 Objective (in senses 1 and 2) with agent nouns, verbal nouns, and participles, as lot-casting, lot-drawing, lot-caster, lot-drawer, etc. lottery1570 The action or an act of drawing or casting lots as a means of decision-making or (in early use) divination. Now chiefly (as an extended use of… cleromancy1610 Divination by lots. sortiary1653 = sortilege, n.1 1. draught1807 The act of drawing forth or out; drawing (as of lots). rare. Subcategories:— one who practises (4) — object used in (3) |
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