† observatingn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin observāt- , observāre , -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin observāt-, past participial stem of observāre observe v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier observation n.

Obsolete. rare.

Divination, augury; = observation n. 5d.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun]

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1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 187 Whether Chiromancy, or Palmestry..may not be accounted for a mistresse, in observating, and ominating Magick, and Astrologie?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	observating
释义	† observatingn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin observāt- , observāre , -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin observāt-, past participial stem of observāre observe v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier observation n. Obsolete. rare. Divination, augury; = observation n. 5d. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] divinec1330 diviningc1340 divinationc1374 divinailc1386 sortilegea1387 sortilegya1387 divinity1481 matesy1543 divinement1579 divinesse1594 predivination1603 observating1652 sortiary1653 fatidicency1693 fatiloquency1693 mantology1774 manticism1861 zoomancy1888 mantic1891 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 187 Whether Chiromancy, or Palmestry..may not be accounted for a mistresse, in observating, and ominating Magick, and Astrologie? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1652
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