Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Divination; an object used in divination.
- Relating or pertaining to prophecy or divination, or to one supposed to be inspired; prophetic: as, mantic fury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to
divination ;prophetic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow celebrated their "bro-mantic" reunion by embracing last night during their first live performance together for the first time in 15 years.
Take That reunion - Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow share stage 2010
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I imagine Ian harbors some resentment for Rick Barnes going back to his days in the ACC at Clemson when he and Dean Smith were not exactly 'bro-mantic' coaching colleagues.
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But these guys have been bro-mantic through a lot of Clooney relationships.
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But (shall I say?) that some of them appeared too ro-mantic for a settled brain to be so earnest, as she is, for having them carried into execution.
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I am afraid, said Lady Betty, humouring this ro-mantic speech, that if the heads of such persons were as soft as we are apt sometimes to think them, they would be of as little service abroad as they are at home.
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I AM SO COOL AND PUNNY!!! look what i just did!!! woe-mantic?!
alivetoyou Diary Entry alivetoyou 2006
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He call me Mrs. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back he say I'm Mrs. Ro...mantic
Archive 2006-01-01 Michelle Collins 2006
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He call me Mrs. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back he say I'm Mrs. Ro...mantic
Mrs. Boombastic Michelle Collins 2006
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Jefferson (who embraced English Unitarian theology in his later years) is the moral rationalist; Emerson (who started his career as a Unitarian minister) is the mantic intuitionist.
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Jefferson (who embraced English Unitarian theology in his later years) is the moral rationalist; Emerson (who started his career as a Unitarian minister) is the mantic intuitionist.
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