divinatory
a . 占卦的
占卦的
divinatory adj 1 :
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy ;
"
the high priest '
s divinatory pronouncement "; "
mantic powers "; "
a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions " [
synonym : {
divinatory },
{
mantic }, {
sibylline }, {
sibyllic }, {
vatic }, {
vatical }]
2 :
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence ;
"
theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural "; "
the supposed reason for his absence ";
"
suppositious reconstructions of dead languages ";
"
hypothetical situation " [
synonym : {
conjectural }, {
divinatory },
{
hypothetical }, {
hypothetic }, {
supposed }, {
suppositional },
{
suppositious }, {
supposititious }]
Divinatory \
Di *
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a *
to *
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a . [
Cf .
F .
divinatoire .]
Professing ,
or relating to ,
divination . "
A natural divinatory instinct ." --
Cowley .
[
1913 Webster ]
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
divinatory ":
anticipant ,
anticipatory ,
apocalyptic ,
augural ,
auguring ,
clairvoyant ,
farseeing ,
farsighted ,
fatidic ,
forecasting ,
forehanded ,
foreknowing ,
foreseeing ,
foresighted ,
foretelling ,
forethoughted ,
forethoughtful ,
forewarning ,
fortunetelling ,
haruspical ,
intuitive ,
longsighted ,
mantic ,
oracular ,
precognitive ,
precognizant ,
predictional ,
predictive ,
predictory ,
prefigurative ,
prefiguring ,
prepared ,
presageful ,
presaging ,
prescient ,
presignificative ,
presignifying ,
prognostic ,
prognosticative ,
prophetic ,
provident ,
providential ,
prudent ,
ready ,
sagacious ,
sibyllic ,
sibylline ,
vaticinal ,
vaticinatory ,
weather -
wise
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