Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prophesy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prophesy \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prophesy \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prophesy
v 1: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine
inspiration
2: foretell by divine inspiration [syn: {foreshow}]
3: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this
Sunday" [syn: {preach}]
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