CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SOOTHSAY
PRESENT
Present
I soothsay
you soothsay
he/she/it soothsays
we soothsay
you soothsay
they soothsay
Present continuous
I am soothsaying
you are soothsaying
he/she/it is soothsaying
we are soothsaying
you are soothsaying
they are soothsaying
Present perfect
I have soothsayed
you have soothsayed
he/she/it has soothsayed
we have soothsayed
you have soothsayed
they have soothsayed
Present perfect continuous
I have been soothsaying
you have been soothsaying
he/she/it has been soothsaying
we have been soothsaying
you have been soothsaying
they have been soothsaying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I soothsayed
you soothsayed
he/she/it soothsayed
we soothsayed
you soothsayed
they soothsayed
Past continuous
I was soothsaying
you were soothsaying
he/she/it was soothsaying
we were soothsaying
you were soothsaying
they were soothsaying
Past perfect
I had soothsayed
you had soothsayed
he/she/it had soothsayed
we had soothsayed
you had soothsayed
they had soothsayed
Past perfect continuous
I had been soothsaying
you had been soothsaying
he/she/it had been soothsaying
we had been soothsaying
you had been soothsaying
they had been soothsaying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will soothsay
you will soothsay
he/she/it will soothsay
we will soothsay
you will soothsay
they will soothsay
Future continuous
I will be soothsaying
you will be soothsaying
he/she/it will be soothsaying
we will be soothsaying
you will be soothsaying
they will be soothsaying
Future perfect
I will have soothsayed
you will have soothsayed
he/she/it will have soothsayed
we will have soothsayed
you will have soothsayed
they will have soothsayed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been soothsaying
you will have been soothsaying
he/she/it will have been soothsaying
we will have been soothsaying
you will have been soothsaying
they will have been soothsaying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would soothsay
you would soothsay
he/she/it would soothsay
we would soothsay
you would soothsay
they would soothsay
Conditional continuous
I would be soothsaying
you would be soothsaying
he/she/it would be soothsaying
we would be soothsaying
you would be soothsaying
they would be soothsaying
Conditional perfect
I would have soothsay
you would have soothsay
he/she/it would have soothsay
we would have soothsay
you would have soothsay
they would have soothsay
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been soothsaying
you would have been soothsaying
he/she/it would have been soothsaying
we would have been soothsaying
you would have been soothsaying
they would have been soothsaying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you soothsay
we let´s soothsay
you soothsay
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
soothsayed
Present Participle
soothsaying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOOTHSAY»
Discover the use of
soothsay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
soothsay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Destiny with Evil Book Two: The Age of Icemen: Part One; Age ...
When Comptes arrived, Soothsay was holding the baby and trying to quiet him
from his screaming. Some of the women were attending to Ce— lestra and
following Soothsay's directions. It was customary for the father only to observe his
new ...
Howard R Vollmer, calibre (0.9.19) [http://calibre-ebook.com], 2013
2
The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
"Three verses of 'Soothsay' (at first entitled 'Commandments') came into Rossetti's
head during a walk at Kelmscott in 1871: most of the poem was however much
later, 1880-81. Mr. Walter Pater has written: 'One monumental, gnomic piece, ...
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Evan Fredeman, 2002
3
Selections from Rossetti and Morris
Soothsay. Let no man ask thee of anything Not yearborn between Spring and
Spring. More of all worlds than he can know, Each day the single sun doth show.
A trustier gloss than thou canst give From all wise scrolls demonstrative, The sea
...
4
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
[Properly soothsay.] Pre- dictiun. — Shews, vision*, southsajs, and prophecies,
And alt that feigned is. * Fairy Queen. His, • To Southsay. V. n. (See Soothsay.] To
predict.— Y ung men, hovering between hope and fear, might easily be carried ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
5
A Fulfulde-English Dictionary:
bellows, see buubuutu. buubuutu, n. buubuuti a bellow. buudal, n. soothsay, see
buuda2. buudaz, v.t. & int. to predict the future; divine; sorcery; necromancy,
buudeejo, buudeeru, buude'en, buudeeji, fortune-teller; soothsayer; buudeekuu,
...
6
Destiny with Evil Book Two:the Age of Icemen: Part Two; ...
One such person was Soothsay. He helped save many on the trail with his herbal
cures but now he had more time to explore and there were many more herbs,
berries, and other medicinal plants that he and his associates found and devel—
...
7
A Comprehensive Dictionary of the World
(A.S.J The fore- Soothsay iso, sooth -sa-ing, ] telling of future events ; a true
saying ; a prediction. (Sooth- tag is obsolete.) Soothsayer, sooth' -ta-er,s. A
foreteller; aprog- nosticator; a predicter; one who professes to have the power of
predicting ...
8
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament
"soothsay, practice divination"7; Mand. ksm. "practice divination, enchant";s OSA
mqsm. "lot";9 Eth. qasama II, "inquire of an oracle,"i0 Tigr. "summon (to court)," as
a noun "lot, oath";" Arab, qasama, "divide, part, distribute, partition; apportion (of ...
G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry, 2004
9
Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti ...
SOOTHSAY. Let no man ask thee of anything Not yearborn between Spring and
Spring. More of all worlds than he can know, Each day the single sun doth show.
A trustier gloss than thou canst give 5 From all wisescrolls demonstrative, The ...
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 2014
10
Idiots in Charge: Lies, Trick, Misdeeds, and Other Political ...
You. Don't. Soothsay? H H H. during. the opening prayer on september 4, 2001,
Georgia state representative dorothy Pelote (d-savannah) mystified her
colleagues by saying, “I can communicate with the dead” and adding that she
had “seen” ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOOTHSAY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
soothsay is used in the context of the following news items.
Could The Blazers' Young Core Be Among The NBA's Best?
It's impossible to soothsay with these young players. They're a collection of unfinished projects who may look entirely different once Terry Stotts gets them in the ... «Blazer's Edge, Jul 15»
Your Client's Intractable Demands—And Your Effort to Withdraw
And lest it go unsaid, while the problem is created by the wayward client, it is often magnified by a judge unwilling to read the tea leaves or soothsay when the ... «New York Law Journal, Apr 15»
Why Zimbabwe needs an alternative tourism strategy
As an example setting up of a Hilton Hotel or McDonalds is a strategy soothsay to other investors and visitors alike. Marketing to digital natives and early digital ... «Nehanda Radio, Feb 15»
Make your pick | Who will win: Seattle Seahawks or Carolina …
... January From left, Symone Soothsay, Zander Queddeng and Gina Queddeng take a selfie during a Fans gather during a Seattle Seahawks fan rally at Renton ... «seattlepi.com, Jan 15»
Forrest secures £3 million Manchester social housing PV contract
The solar arrays will help Soothsay Housing Trust tenants combat fuel poverty. Image credit: Forrest. Social housing contractor Forrest has won a contract worth ... «Solar Power Portal, Dec 14»
The Brit Wits of 'Men in Blazers' Make a Love of the World Cup …
Whereas ESPN has assembled a pantheon of World Cup legends to analyze and soothsay about upcoming matches, Davies and Bennett each sample a “World ... «Newsweek, Jul 14»
Oscars 2014: Final Predictions For All Categories
... to contain humanity's penchant for the thrill of a good bet, the seemingly insatiable desire to soothsay while put something of worth on the line always wins out. «WhatCulture!, Feb 14»
Don't Fret 'Excessive Scrutiny' Of Mary Barra; She Certainly Won't
Virgina Rometty has been leading a transformation of IBM IBM, mostly successfully, because she's visionary in a difficult-to-soothsay business — not because ... «Forbes, Dec 13»
Kim Kardashian's Baby and Delivery Has Become Subject of …
Break out the celebratory guitars because your VF.com blogger has given birth to . . . a prescient prediction. Exhibit A: three days ago we soothsay'd that new ... «Vanity Fair, Jun 13»
Are there any Lessons from the Wanguri By-election Result?
... to read Federal implications into a by-election involving around four thousand voters in the far northern suburbs of a far northern city is just a soothsay too far. «ABC Online, Feb 13»
