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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats