Prophesy

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. i.
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     1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to
        come. --Matt. xv. 7.
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     2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or
        explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to
        exhort; to expound. --Ezek. xxxvii. 7.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prophesied}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Prophesying}.] [See {Prophecy}.]
     1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
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              He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings
        xxii. 8.
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              Then I perceive that will be verified
              Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy. --Shak.
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     2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
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              Methought thy very gait did prophesy
              A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prophesy
       v 1: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine
            inspiration [syn: {vaticinate}]
       2: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this
          Sunday" [syn: {preach}]
       [also: {prophesied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "prophesy":
     adumbrate, anticipate, approach, augur, await, be destined,
     be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, bode,
     cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, come, come on, divine, dope,
     dope out, dowse for water, draw near, draw on, expect, forebode,
     forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, forewarn, fortune-tell,
     guess, harbinger, hariolate, herald, hope, lie ahead, look for,
     look forward to, loom, make a prediction, make a prognosis,
     make a prophecy, near, plan, plot, portend, predict, prefigure,
     presage, prognosticate, project, promise, read palms,
     read tea leaves, read the future, soothsay, speculate,
     tell fortunes, tell the future, threaten, vaticinate