prophesy
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prophesy¹
- /ˈpɹɒfɪsaɪ/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑfɪsaɪ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English prophecien; partly from prophecie, and partly from Middle French prophecier, prophesier, from prophecie (“prophecy”). Doublet of prophecy.
verb prophesies · prophesying · prophesied · prophecy
- To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
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To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
Then I perceive that will be verified
Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy
‘If once he come to be a cardinal,
He’ll make his cap co-equal with the crown.’
Similar: vaticinate
- To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal nobleness. I must embrace thee.
- To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach. 1646, Jeremy Taylor, Of the Liberty of Prophesying, Section 4, in Treatises of 1. The liberty of prophesying, 2. Prayer ex tempore, 3. Episcopacie: together with a sermon, London: R. Royston, 1648, p. 73, […] if we consider that we have no certain wayes of determining places of difficulty and Questi
prophesy²
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English prophecie.
noun prophesies
- Obsolete spelling of prophecy; now a misspelling. I take it néedles, and booteles to make ouer déepe, or ſcrupulous enquiry into euery moſt auncient, and obſolete antiquitie: I preſuppoſe it ſufficient to peruſe, and examine the moſt famous, and moſt autentique ſuppoſed propheſies, that haue curranteſt paſſage, and repaſſage in moſt mouthes, and bo
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verb to speak as a prophet
| Español | profetizar |
|---|---|
| Português | profetizar |
| Français | prophétiser |
| Deutsch | prophezeien, weissagen |
| Italiano | profetizzare |
| Ελληνικά | προβλέπω provlépo |
| Русский | проро́чествовать proróčestvovatʹ |
verb to predict
| Español | profetizar |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | kutabiri |
| Português | profetizar, vaticinar, predizer |
| Français | prophétiser |
| Deutsch | prophezeien, weissagen |
| Italiano | profetizzare |
| Ελληνικά | μαντεύω mantévo |
| Română | profetiza, profeți, prezice |
| Русский | предска́зывать predskázyvatʹ, предсказа́ть predskazátʹ, прорица́ть proricátʹ, проро́чить proróčitʹ |
verb to preach
| Français | prophétiser |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | prophezeien, weissagen |
Talk about this word "prophesy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prophesy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prophesy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prophesy "prophesy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prophesy.Cite this
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title = {prophesy},
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