prophesy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prophesy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for prophesy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prophesy v predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration Synonym(s): prophesy, vaticinate deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" Synonym(s): preach, prophesy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prophesy \Proph"esy\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. i. 1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. --Matt. xv. 7. 2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound. --Ezek. xxxvii. 7.