Proph"e*sy (?), 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.
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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.
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