Meaning of PROPHETIC
| Pronunciation: | | pru'fetik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" |
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| | Synonyms: | | adumbrative, apocalyptic, apocalyptical, clairvoyant, Delphic, divinatory, fateful, foreboding(a), foreshadowing, mantic, oracular, portentous, precognitive, precursory, predictive, prefigurative, premonitory, prognostic, prognosticative, prophetical, revelatory, second-sighted, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical |
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| | Antonyms: | | unprophetic | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pro*phet"ic\, Prophetical \Pro*phet"ic*al\, a. [L.
propheticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. proph['e]tique.]
Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events;
as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of
before the thing foretold.
And fears are oft prophetic of the event. --Dryden.
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