Prophesy

v. t.	1.	To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate. [imp. & p. p. Prophesied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prophesying .] He doth not prophesy good concerning me. 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.
v. i.	1.	To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.
	2.	To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound.

Verb	1.	prophesy - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration Synonyms: vaticinate
	2.	prophesy - deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" Synonyms: preach

adumbrate, anticipate, approach, augur, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, bode, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, come, come on, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, draw near, draw on, expect, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, forewarn, fortune-tell, guess, harbinger, hariolate, herald, hope, lie ahead, look for, look forward to, loom, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, near, plan, plot, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate, project, promise, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, soothsay, speculate, tell fortunes, tell the future, threaten, vaticinate

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