Associations to the word «Prophesy»

Wiktionary

PROPHESY, verb. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. [from 14th c.]
PROPHESY, verb. To predict, to foretell. [from 14th c.]
PROPHESY, verb. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
PROPHESY, verb. (intransitive) (Christianity) To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach. [from 14th c.]

Dictionary definition

PROPHESY, verb. Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration.
PROPHESY, verb. Deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn