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English Dictionary: prophesying by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prophesied}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Prophesying}.] [See {Prophecy}.]
      1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
  
                     He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings
            xxii. 8.
  
                     Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the
                     Fifth did sometime prophesy.               --Shak.
  
      2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
  
                     Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal
                     nobleness; I must embrace thee.         --Shak.
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