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Webster 1913 Edition

Prophesy

Proph′e-sy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prophesied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Prophesying
.]
[See
Prophecy
.]
1.
To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
He doth not
prophesy
good concerning me.
1 Kings xxii. 8.
Then I perceive that will be verified
Henry the Fifth did sometime
prophesy
.
Shakespeare
2.
To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
Methought thy very gait did
prophesy

A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee.
Shakespeare

Proph′e-sy

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.
Matt. xv. 7.
2.
To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound.
Ezek. xxxvii. 7.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prophesy

PROPH'ESY

,
Verb.
T.
To foretell future events; to predict.
I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil. 1 Kings.22.
1.
To foreshow. [Little used.]

PROPH'ESY

,
Verb.
I.
To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. Jer.11.
1.
In Scripture, to preach; to instruct in religious doctrines; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to exhort. 1 Cor.13. Ezek.37.

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