prophesy

[ prof-uh-sahy ]

/ ˈprɒf əˌsaɪ /

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verb (used with object), proph·e·sied, proph·e·sy·ing.

to foretell or predict.

to indicate beforehand.

to declare or foretell by or as if by divine inspiration.

to utter in prophecy or as a prophet.

verb (used without object), proph·e·sied, proph·e·sy·ing.

to make predictions.

to make inspired declarations of what is to come.

to speak as a mediator between God and humankind or in God's stead.

Archaic. to teach religious subjects.

Origin of prophesy

1350–1400; Middle English; v. use of variant of prophecy (fully distinguished in form and meaning in the 18th century)

SYNONYMS FOR prophesy

1 augur, prognosticate. See predict.

3 divine.

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OTHER WORDS FROM prophesy

proph·e·si·a·ble, adjective proph·e·si·er, noun un·proph·e·sied, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH prophesy

prophecy prophesy

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Example sentences from the Web for prophesied

Also, apparently people thought that the bugs had poisonous stings and prophesied war.

Cicada Panic, 1860 Style |Josh Dzieza |May 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He prophesied that she would be Prime Minister for nine, eleven or thirteen years.

The Time Margaret Thatcher Met One of India's 'God Men' |David Frum |April 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The years would come and go, but events would not happen as you had prophesied.

The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 |Joseph Wild
I find, as you prophesied, much that's interesting, but little that helps the delicate question—the possibility of publication.

Embarrassments |Henry James

He had faith in her, and she had prophesied his future glory!

The Art of Disappearing |John Talbot Smith
The contradiction between what is prophesied and what happens is at times so marked as to be comical.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany |Georg Brandes
Few men ever prophesied more brazenly as to the war,—very few ever had their prophecies so pitiably falsified.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for prophesied

prophesy

/ (ˈprɒfɪˌsaɪ) /

verb -sies, -sying or -sied

to reveal or foretell (something, esp a future event) by or as if by divine inspiration

(intr) archaic to give instruction in religious subjects

Derived forms of prophesy

prophesiable, adjective prophesier, noun

Word Origin for prophesy

C14 prophecien, from prophecy

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prophesy

verb (used with object), proph·e·sied, proph·e·sy·ing.

verb (used without object), proph·e·sied, proph·e·sy·ing.

Origin of prophesy

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British Dictionary definitions for prophesied

verb -sies, -sying or -sied

Derived forms of prophesy

Word Origin for prophesy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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prophesy

verb (used with object), proph·e·sied, proph·e·sy·ing.

verb (used without object), proph·e·sied, proph·e·sy·ing.

Origin of prophesy

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OTHER WORDS FROM prophesy

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Words nearby prophesy

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verb -sies, -sying or -sied

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