prophesy
11prophesy — UK [ˈprɒfəˌsaɪ] / US [ˈprɑfəˌsaɪ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms prophesy : present tense I/you/we/they prophesy he/she/it prophesies present participle prophesying past tense prophesied past participle prophesied a) to describe a… …
12prophesy — prophecy, prophesy Prophecy, pronounced profi si, is the noun, and prophesy, pronounced prof i siy, is the verb …
13prophesy — See prophecy, prophesy …
14prophesy — proph|e|sy [ˈprɔfısaı US ˈpra: ] v past tense and past participle prophesied present participle prophesying third person singular prophesies [I and T] to say what will happen in the future, especially using religious or magical knowledge =… …
15prophesy — [[t]prɒ̱fɪsaɪ[/t]] prophesies, prophesying, prophesied VERB If you prophesy that something will happen, you say that you strongly believe that it will happen. [V that] He prophesied that within five years his opponent would either be dead or in… …
16prophesy — 1 verb prophesies, prophesying, prophesied (I, T) to use religious or magical knowledge to say what will happen in the future; foretell (+ that): The soothsayer prophesied that the war would be won. | prophesy who/what/how etc: He even prophesied …
17prophesy — verb did those mystical sages ever prophesy anything other than calamity? Syn: predict, foretell, forecast, foresee, forewarn of, prognosticate See note at predict …
18prophesy — [c]/ˈprɒfəsaɪ / (say profuhsuy) verb (prophesied, prophesying) –verb (t) 1. to foretell or predict: to prophesy a storm. 2. to indicate beforehand. 3. to declare or foretell by or as by divine inspiration. 4. to utter in prophecy or as a prophet …
19prophesy — verb ( sied; sying) Etymology: Middle English prophesien, from Anglo French *prophecier, from Old French, from prophecie Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to utter by or as if by divine inspiration 2. to predict with assurance or on the basis …
20prophesy — prophesiable, adj. prophesier, n. /prof euh suy /, v., prophesied, prophesying. v.t. 1. to foretell or predict. 2. to indicate beforehand. 3. to declare or foretell by or as if by divine inspiration. 4. to utter in prophecy or as a prophet. v.i.… …
