Proph"e*sy , v. 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.
Proph"e*sy (?), v. 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.
Shak.
2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
Methought thy very gait did
prophesy
A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee.
Shak.
Hear it pronounced