'Prophesy' definitions:
Definition of 'prophesy'
From: WordNet
verb
Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration [syn: prophesy, vaticinate]
verb
Deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" [syn: preach, prophesy]
Definition of 'Prophesy'
From: GCIDE
- Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prophesied; p. pr. & vb. n. Prophesying.] [See Prophecy.]
- 1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate. [1913 Webster]
- He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings xxii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. [1913 Webster]
- Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prophesy'
From: GCIDE
- Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. i. [1913 Webster]
- 1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. --Matt. xv. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound. --Ezek. xxxvii. 7. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prophesy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbrate,
- anticipate,
- approach,
- augur,
- await,
- be destined,
- be fated,
- be imminent,
- be to be,
- be to come,
- bode,
- cast a horoscope,
- cast a nativity,
- come,
- come on,
- divine,
- dope,
- dope out,
- dowse for water,
- draw near,
- draw on,
- expect,
- forebode,
- forecast,
- foresee,
- foreshadow,
- foretell,
- forewarn,
- fortune-tell,
- guess,
- harbinger,
- hariolate,
- herald,
- hope,
- lie ahead,
- look for,
- look forward to,
- loom,
- make a prediction,
- make a prognosis,
- make a prophecy,
- near,
- plan,
- plot,
- portend,
- predict,
- prefigure,
- presage,
- prognosticate,
- project,
- promise,
- read palms,
- read tea leaves,
- read the future,
- soothsay,
- speculate,
- tell fortunes,
- tell the future,
- threaten,
- vaticinate