Prophesy
['prɒfɪsaɪ] or ['prɑfəsaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration.
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Definition
(v. t.) To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
(v. t.) To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
(v. i.) To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.
(v. i.) To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound.
Editor: Seth
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Predict, foretell, prognosticate, VATICINATE, divine.
Checker: Millicent
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FORETELL]
Edited by Cecilia
Definition
v.t. to foretell: to predict.—v.i. (B.) to exhort: to expound religious subjects.—pa.t. and pa.p. proph′esīed.—ns. Proph′esīer; Proph′esying.
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Examples
- It was here that they blindfolded him and struck him, and said in derision, Prophesy who it is that smote thee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With pleasure, said he, though I venture to prophesy that you'll want very few hints. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- That is why the achievements of the Swiss may mean nothing whatever when you come to prophesy about the people of New York. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Upon this text many fanatics arose, who prophesied that the end of time was come. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was both out of pocket and out of spirits by that catastrophe, failed in his health, and prophesied the speedy ruin of the Empire. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He cursed them both, and Capernaum also, for not repenting, after all the great works he had done in their midst, and prophesied against them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When Joseph was dying he prophesied that exodus of the Israelites from Egypt which occurred four hundred years afterwards. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the main, Bacon prophesied the direction of subsequent progress. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Raymond has prophesied well, said Perdita, alas, that it should be so! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If there's anybody ill, trust the women for prophesying that the person will die. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At the end of ten years of prophesying, Muhammad found himself a man of fifty, and altogether unsuccessful in Mecca. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If it's a jewel lost, trust them for prophesying that it will never be found again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The friends of the French went abroad, wild with excitement, and prophesying the triumph of their Emperor. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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