Category:Prophesy

Proph"e*sy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prophesied; p. pr. & vb. n. Prophesying.] Etym: [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.

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.