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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley