[prof-uh-sahy] 
verb, -sied, -sy⋅ing.| 1. | to foretell or predict. |
| 2. | to indicate beforehand. |
| 3. | to declare or foretell by or as if by divine inspiration. |
| 4. | to utter in prophecy or as a prophet. |
| 5. | to make predictions. |
| 6. | to make inspired declarations of what is to come. |
| 7. | to speak as a mediator between God and humankind or in God's stead. |
| 8. | Archaic. to teach religious subjects. |
| proph·e·sy (prŏf'ĭ-sī') v. proph·e·sied (-sīd'), proph·e·sy·ing (-sī'ĭng), proph·e·sies (-sīz') v. tr.
[Middle English prophecien, from Old French prophecier, from prophecie, prophecy; see prophecy.] proph'e·si'er n. |
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