prophetic
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prophetic
- /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.
adjective prophetical · prophetick
- Having the ability to prophesize; prescient. [Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle!
- Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet. Despite his intention, his work had the effect of revealing the mythological, prophetic, and utopian sense of Marxism which had eluded Marx's more scientistic followers.
- Predicted, as by a prophecy. And fears are oft prophetic of the event.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: prophetical, vatic, vatical, oracular, precognitive, prognosticative, prognostic, predictive, portentous, premonitory, fateful, prefigurative, foreboding, precursory, adumbrative, clairvoyant
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adj of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
| Español | profético |
|---|---|
| Français | prophétique |
| Deutsch | prophetisch |
| Italiano | profetico |
| Русский | проро́ческий proróčeskij, ве́щий véščij |
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