prophesy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
    vaticinate.
  2. verb deliver a sermon
    preach.
    • The minister is not preaching this Sunday

WordNet

Proph"e*sy transitive verb
Etymology
See Prophecy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Prophesied ; present participle & verbal noun Prophesying
Definitions
  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.
Proph"e*sy intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. Matt. xv. 7.
  2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound. Ezek. xxxvii. 7.

Webster 1913