資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prophesy \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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
prophesy
v 1: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine
inspiration [syn: {vaticinate}]
2: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this
Sunday" [syn: {preach}]
[also: {prophesied}]
prophesied
See {prophesy}