Thesaurus: prophesy

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1. v. t. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
2. v. t. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
3. v. i. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.
4. v. i. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound.
5. v. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
6. v. deliver a sermon
7. 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. 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.
8. v:100 v. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration