What does "prophesy" mean?
Prophesy: Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee. Shak.
- 3.To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. Matt. xv.
- 4.2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound. Ezek. xxxvii. 7.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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