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prophesy
/ˈpɹɑfɪsaɪ/
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What does prophesy mean?
verb
- To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
- To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
- To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.
noun
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of prophecy; now a misspelling.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɹɑfɪsaɪ/
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And no one can prophesy how far a democracy will ultimately go in the matter of suffrage.
One thing we may prophesy of the future for certain--it will be unlike the past.
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And if you crown him, let me prophesy The blood of English shall manure the ground And future ages groan for this foul act.
I pray God that the liquor traffic may be abolished from America, without bloodshed, and yet who dares prophesy that it shall be so.
Now, suddenly, however, he turned with a flash of irritation in his eye, and demanded in a ringing voice, “In a word, then, you prophesy that I am to fail?”