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4. prophet, prophetess, soothsayer, vaticinator, augur, oracle, Cassandra; clairvoyant, diviner, dowser, astromancer, geomancer, (in ancient Rome) haruspex, telepathist, mind reader; psychic, parapsychologist, spiritualist, medium, agent, agency; palmist, palm reader, chiromancer, fortune teller, crystal-gazer; stargazer, astrologer, horoscoper, Chaldean; wizard, magician, thaumaturge, magus, theurgist, necromancer, sorcerer, conjurer, Merlin; witch, sibyl, warlock, devil.

seethe, v. 1. steep, marinate, sodden, macerate; soak, saturate, drench, souse, imbue; immerse, submerge, douse, plunge, dip, sink, dunk, duck, Rare, im-merge, swash, slosh; inundate, drown, flood.
2. stew, braise, brew; boil, simmer, parboil, steam.
3. foam, froth, spume, bubble over, roll, reach the boiling point; surge, swell, rise.
4. smolder, do a slow burn, burn, get hot under the collar; get all worked up, get all excited, Inf. take on; get all steamed up, get angry or mad, be in a state, boil over, Inf. work up a lather; foam at the mouth, rage, rant and rave, make a fuss, Inf. carry on, Sl. raise Cain, Sl. blow one's top.

segment, n. 1. division, portion, section, part, parcel, fragment, fraction; component, integral part, essential part, factor, element, part and parcel; particular, item, particle, slice, wedge, finger; subdivision, department, compartment, branch; group, subgroup, detail, detachment; clause, subclause, excerpt, extract, -v. 2. separate, split, cleave, rend, sunder, put asunder; divide, halve, cut in halves; anatomize, dismantle, take apart, break up; subdivide, sectionalize, fragment.

segregate, v. 1. separate, set apart, isolate, cut off, insulate, Med. quarantine; seclude, keep in solitude, sequester, put in solitary confinement, lock up, pen up; exclude, leave out, ostracize, banish, exile, expatriate, excommunicate, Inf. kick out.
2. go apart, go off, withdraw, retire, leave, go away, depart.

segregation, n. separation, setting apart, isolation, cutting off, insulation, Med. quarantine; imprisonment, solitary confinement, Sl. cooler, Sl. icebox; seclusion, withdrawal, introversion, retirement, reclusion, self-exile; exclusion, leaving out, ostracism, sequestration, banishment, exile, expatriation, excommunication; racial segregation, discrimination, Jim Crowism, (in the Republic of South Africa) apartheid.

seize, v. 1. grasp, take hold of, grip, grab, clasp, handle, embrace.
2. understand, comprehend, absorb, digest; catch the idea, Inf. get the hang of, Sl. savvy; know, master, fathom, penetrate, cognize; discern, perceive, recognize.
3. steal, rob, purloin, appropriate, abstract, fleece, pocket, Inf. snap up, Sl. swipe, Sl. stick up, Sl. pinch, Inf. rustle; adopt, annex, pirate, Sl. lift, Inf. crib, plagiarize, arrogate; plunder, sack, maraud, rifle, pillage, loot; ravish, rape, kidnap, abduct, carry off.
4. confiscate, impound, commandeer, Law. sequestrate, Law. sequester, Law. levy, Law. disseize, Law. distrain.
5. take into custody, capture, apprehend, bag; arrest, Inf. collar, Inf. nab, U.S. Inf. corral, Inf. pick up, Sl. bust, Sl. pinch; take prisoner, imprison, incarcerate, jail, detain.

seizure, n. 1. forceful possession, grasping, grabbing, snatching; capture, apprehension, interception; appropriation, confiscation, Law. sequestration, usurpation; takeover, Law. attachment, annexation, acquisition; dispossession, Law. disseizin, Law. divestment.