quasi-prophetic

adjective

of or pertaining to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.

of the nature of or containing prophecy: prophetic writings.

having the function or powers of a prophet, as a person.

predictive; presageful or portentous; ominous: prophetic signs; prophetic warnings.

Also, pro·phet·i·cal.

Origin:
1585–95; < Late Latin prophēticus < Greek prophētikós. See prophet, -ic

Related forms

pro·phet·i·cal·i·ty, pro·phet·i·cal·ness, noun

pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb

hy·per·pro·phet·ic, adjective

hy·per·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective

hy·per·pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·pro·phet·ic, adjective

non·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective

non·pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb

post·pro·phet·ic, adjective

post·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective

pre·pro·phet·ic, adjective

pseu·do·pro·phet·ic, adjective

pseu·do·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective

qua·si-pro·phet·ic, adjective

qua·si-pro·phet·i·cal, adjective

qua·si-pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·pro·phet·ic, adjective

un·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective

un·pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb

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prophetic (prəˈfɛtɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to a prophet or prophecy
2.	containing or of the nature of a prophecy; predictive

pro'phetically

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

prophetic

1595, from Fr. prophétique (15c.), from L.L. propheticus (c.200), from Gk. prophetikos "pertaining to a prophet," from prophetes (see prophet).

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"Not mine own fears nor the prophetic soul
Of the wide world dreaming on things to come
Can yet the lease of my true love control,
Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
The mortal moon hath her eclipse endured,
And the sad augurs mock their own presage,
Incertainties now crown themselves assured,
And peace proclaims olives of endless age.
Now with the drops of this most balmy time
My love looks fresh, and death to me subscribes,
Since, spite of him, I'll live in this poor rhyme,
While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes:
And thou in this shalt find thy monument,
When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent."

-Shakespeare

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