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1. (v.t.) prophesy
to foretell or predict.
2. prophesy
to indicate beforehand.
3. prophesy
to utter in prophecy.
4. (v.i.) prophesy
to make predictions, esp. by divine inspiration.
5. prophesy
to speak as a mediator between God and humankind or in God's stead.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME; v. use of var. of prophecy)
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| Definition of 'prophesy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) prophesy, vaticinate
predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
2. (verb) preach, prophesy
deliver a sermon
"The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
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| Definition of 'prophesy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) prophesy
to foretell; to predict; to prognosticate
2. (verb) prophesy
to foreshow; to herald; to prefigure
3. (verb) prophesy
to utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come
4. (verb) prophesy
to give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound
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Sense: to foretell
He prophesied (that there would be) another war.
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 Afrikaans: voorspel |
 Arabic: يَتَنَبَّأ |
 Bulgarian: пророкувам |
 Brazilian: profetizar |
 Czech: věštit, prorokovat |
 German: prophezeien |
 Danish: spå; forudsige |
 Greek: προφητεύω |
 Spanish: profetizar |
 Estonian: ennustama |
 Farsi: پیشگویی کردن |
 Finnish: ennustaa |
 French: prédire |
 Hebrew: לְנַבֵּא |
 Hindi: पहले से बता देना |
 Hungarian: (meg)jósol, -jövendöl |
 Indonesian: meramalkan |
 Icelandic: spá, segja fyrir um |
 Italian: predire, profetizzare |
 Japanese: 予言する |
 Korean: 예언하다 |
 Lithuanian: pranašauti |
 Latvian: pareģot |
 Malay: membuat ramalan |
 Dutch: voorspellen |
 Norwegian: spå, forutsi |
 Polish: prorokować |
 Persian: پیشگویی کردن |
 Pashto: مخكى وينه |
 Portuguese: profetizar |
 Romanian: a prevesti |
 Russian: предсказывать |
 Slovak: veštiť |
 Slovenian: prerokovati |
 Serbian: proricati |
 Swedish: sia, spå, förutsäga |
 Thai: ทำนาย |
 Turkish: kehanette bulunmak |
 Taiwanese: 預言 |
 Ukrainian: пророкувати, провіщати |
 Urdu: پيش گوئي کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tiên tri |
 Chinese: 预言 |
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