PROPHESIED

PROPHESY

preach, prophesy

(verb) deliver a sermon; “The minister is not preaching this Sunday”

prophesy, vaticinate

(verb) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

prophesied

simple past tense and past participle of prophesy

Source: Wiktionary


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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 March 2025

FABLED

(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”


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