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Prophesy v. t. (past & past part. prophesied; pres. part. prophesying)

To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate. "He doth not prophesy good concerning me." "Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy."

To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. "Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee."

Prophesy v. i.

To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.

To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prophesy" Quotes from Famous Books

... before, the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of the prophet Joel, had foretold that in the last days the Spirit should be poured out upon all flesh, and that their sons and daughters should prophesy. And the same Spirit that spoke through Joel now made Peter to see and declare that this Pentecostal baptism was that of ...

— When the Holy Ghost is Come • Col. S. L. Brengle

... equal spirit and unconsciousness. That was an eminent statesman, in the moment of great political crisis. Her nature was so eager and so active, and seemed to be so perpetually fretting her body and mind, that anyone seeing her in middle life would have been inclined to prophesy that such agitations must wear her out prematurely and that she had only a short life before her, or else an ...

— The Adventure of Living • John St. Loe Strachey

... or credit — no, it aren't no good; You 'ave to 'ave the 'abit or you'd die, Unless you lived your life but one day long, Nor didn't prophesy nor fret at all, But drew your tucker some'ow from the world, An' never bothered what you ...

— Verses 1889-1896 • Rudyard Kipling

... I prophesy that America will be a pioneer in these reformations, and will, in some Central Park, erect a building similar to this, where aspiring artists may receive food for the soul and the body, and where artistic minds can meet and ...

— Strange Visitors • Henry J. Horn

... scientific truth of these words. We feel that there is no possibility of things going on for ever as they have done for the last six thousand years. In science, as in morals and politics, there is absolutely no periodicity. One thing we may prophesy of the future for certain—it will be unlike the past. Everything is in a state of evolution and progress. The science of dead matter, which has been the principal subject of my thoughts during my life, is, I may say, strenuous on this point, that THE AGE OF THE EARTH IS DEFINITE. We ...

— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro

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