The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oracle \Or"a*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oracled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Oracling.]
   To utter oracles. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oracle \Or"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. oraculum, fr. orare to speak,
   utter, pray, fr. os, oris, mouth. See Oral.]
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   1. The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god,
      to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as
      the success of an enterprise or battle.
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            Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand.
                                                  --Drayton.
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   2. Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer;
      also, the place where it was given.
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            The oracles are dumb;
            No voice or hideous hum
            Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by
      God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures --
      usually in the plural.
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            The first principles of the oracles of God. --Heb.
                                                  v. 12.
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   4. (Jewish Antiq.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the
      temple; also, the temple itself. --1 Kings vi. 19.
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            Siloa's brook, that flow'd
            Fast by the oracle of God.            --Milton.
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   5. One who communicates an oracle[1] or divine command; an
      angel; a prophet.
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            God hath now sent his living oracle
            Into the world to teach his final will. --Milton.
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   6. Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions
      are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
      "Oracles of mode." --Tennyson.
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            The country rectors . . . thought him an oracle on
            points of learning.                   --Macaulay.
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   7. A wise pronouncement or decision considered as of great
      authority.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oracle
    n 1: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn:
         prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator]
    2: a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a
       priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
    3: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Oracle Corporation
Oracle

    The world's leading supplier of information
   management software.  The company, worth $2 billion, offers
   its products, along with related consulting, education and
   support services in more than 90 countries around the world.

   Oracle is best known for its database management systems
   vendor and relational DBMS products.  Oracle develops and
   markets Oracle Media Server and the Oracle7 family of
   software products for database management; Co-operative
   Development Environment and Oracle Co-operative
   Applications

   Oracle software runs on personal digital assistants,
   set-top boxs, IBM PCs, workstations, minicomputers,
   mainframes and massively parallel computers.

   Oracle bought Sun Microsystems on 2009-04-20.

   See also Adaptable User Interface, Bookviewer,
   CASE*Method, Component Integration Laboratories, DDE
   Manager, Online Media, Oracle Card, Oracle*CASE,
   siod.

   (http://oracle.com/).

   Address: Redwood Shores, CA, USA.

   (1995-03-15)