prophesy
verb /ˈprɒfəsaɪ/
/ˈprɑːfəsaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prophesy | /ˈprɒfəsaɪ/ /ˈprɑːfəsaɪ/ |
| he / she / it prophesies | /ˈprɒfəsaɪz/ /ˈprɑːfəsaɪz/ |
| past simple prophesied | /ˈprɒfəsaɪd/ /ˈprɑːfəsaɪd/ |
| past participle prophesied | /ˈprɒfəsaɪd/ /ˈprɑːfəsaɪd/ |
| -ing form prophesying | /ˈprɒfəsaɪɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːfəsaɪɪŋ/ |
- to say what will happen in the future (done in the past using religious or magic powers)
- prophesy something to prophesy war
- The event was prophesied in the Old Testament.
- prophesy that… She prophesied that she would win a gold medal.
- He prophesied that a flood would cover the Earth’s surface.
- + speech ‘It will end in disaster,’ he prophesied.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French profecier, from profecie via late Latin from Greek prophēteia, from prophētēs ‘spokesman’, from pro ‘before’ + phētēs ‘speaker’ (from phēnai ‘speak’).