Meaning of PROPHESY
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâfi`sI
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- [v] predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
- [v] deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
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| | Synonyms: | | preach, vaticinate |
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| | See Also: | | anticipate, call, enlighten, evangelise, evangelize, forebode, foretell, irradiate, lecture, predict, prognosticate, promise, talk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prophesied}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Prophesying}.] [See {Prophecy}.]
1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings
xxii. 8.
Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the
Fifth did sometime prophesy. --Shak.
2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal
nobleness; I must embrace thee. --Shak.
\Proph"e*sy\, v. i.
1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to
come. --Matt. xv. 7.
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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