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Obsolete spelling of prophecy; now a misspelling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
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To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: vaticinate
Antonyms: none provided
To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
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To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: Christianity
Examples
- 1646, Jeremy Taylor, Of the Liberty of Prophesying, Section 4, in Treatises of 1. The liberty of prophesying, 2. Prayer ex tempore, 3. Episcopacie: together with a sermon, London: R. Royston, 1648, p. 73, [...] if we consider that we have no certain wayes of determining places of difficulty and Question, infallibly and certainly [...] we shall see a very great necessity in allowing a liberty in Prophesying without prescribing authoritatively to other mens consciences, and becomming Lords and Masters of their Faith.
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deliver a sermon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The minister is not preaching this Sunday
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preach
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Broader terms: lecture, talk
Narrower terms: evangelize, evangelise
predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vaticinate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
Narrower terms: vaticinate, enlighten, irradiate
Inherited from Middle English prophecie.
From Middle English prophecien; partly from prophecie, and partly from Middle French prophecier, prophesier, from prophecie (“prophecy”). Doublet of prophecy.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
предсказвам
(predskazvam)
— to predict
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Catalan:
profetitzar
— to predict
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Czech:
prorokovat
— to predict
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French:
prophétiser
— to predict
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German:
prophezeien
— to predict
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German:
weissagen
— to predict
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Greek:
μαντεύω
(mantévo)
— to predict
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Ancient Greek:
θεσπίζω
(thespízō)
— to predict
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Ancient Greek:
μαντεύομαι
(manteúomai)
— to predict
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Irish:
tuar
— to predict
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Irish:
tairngir
— to predict
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Italian:
profetizzare
— to predict
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Latin:
cano
— to predict
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Latin:
vaticinor
— to predict
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Macedonian:
прорекува
(prorekuva)
— to predict
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Māori:
matakite
— to predict
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Māori:
matapae
— to predict
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Polish:
przepowiadać
— to predict
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Polish:
przepowiedzieć
— to predict
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Portuguese:
profetizar
— to predict
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Portuguese:
vaticinar
— to predict
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Portuguese:
predizer
— to predict
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Romanian:
profetiza
— to predict
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Romanian:
profeți
— to predict
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Romanian:
prezice
— to predict
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Russian:
предска́зывать
(predskázyvatʹ)
— to predict
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Russian:
предсказа́ть
(predskazátʹ)
— to predict
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Russian:
прорица́ть
(proricátʹ)
— to predict
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Russian:
проро́чить
(proróčitʹ)
— to predict
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Scots:
spae
— to predict
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Serbo-Croatian:
pròreći
— to predict
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Spanish:
profetizar
— to predict
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Swahili:
kutabiri
— to predict
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Swedish:
profetera
— to predict
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Bulgarian:
пророкувам
(prorokuvam)
— to speak as a prophet
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Catalan:
profetitzar
— to speak as a prophet
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Dutch:
profeteren
— to speak as a prophet
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Esperanto:
profeti
— to speak as a prophet
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French:
prophétiser
— to speak as a prophet
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German:
prophezeien
— to speak as a prophet
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German:
weissagen
— to speak as a prophet
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Gothic:
𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
(praufētjan)
— to speak as a prophet
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Greek:
προβλέπω
(provlépo)
— to speak as a prophet
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Ancient Greek:
μαντεύω
(manteúō)
— to speak as a prophet
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Italian:
profetizzare
— to speak as a prophet
-
Latin:
cano
— to speak as a prophet
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Latin:
vaticino
— to speak as a prophet
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Latin:
vaticinor
— to speak as a prophet
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Macedonian:
прорекува
(prorekuva)
— to speak as a prophet
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Māori:
poropiti
— to speak as a prophet
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Old English:
wītgian
— to speak as a prophet
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Portuguese:
profetizar
— to speak as a prophet
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Russian:
проро́чествовать
(proróčestvovatʹ)
— to speak as a prophet
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Serbo-Croatian:
pròreći
— to speak as a prophet
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Spanish:
profetizar
— to speak as a prophet
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Bulgarian:
проповядвам
(propovjadvam)
— to preach
-
French:
prophétiser
— to preach
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German:
prophezeien
— to preach
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German:
weissagen
— to preach
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Macedonian:
проповеда
(propoveda)
— to preach
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Serbo-Croatian:
pròreći
— to preach
