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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration;
[syn: prophesy, vaticinate]

2. deliver a sermon;
- Example: "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
[syn: preach, prophesy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prophesied; p. pr. & vb. n. Prophesying.] [See Prophecy.] 1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate. [1913 Webster] He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings xxii. 8. [1913 Webster] Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. [1913 Webster] Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. i. [1913 Webster] 1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. --Matt. xv. 7. [1913 Webster] 2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound. --Ezek. xxxvii. 7. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prophesy v 1: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration [syn: prophesy, vaticinate] 2: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" [syn: preach, prophesy]