Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prophetical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prophetic \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prophetical
adj : foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention;
"prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that
proved prophetic" [syn: {prophetic}] [ant: {unprophetic}]
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