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prophesy
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
prophesy
(verb)
prophesy
/
ˈ
prɑːfəˌsaɪ/
verb
prophesies
;
prophesied
;
prophesying
prophesy
/
ˈ
prɑːfəˌsaɪ/
verb
prophesies
;
prophesied
;
prophesying
Britannica Dictionary definition of PROPHESY
[
+ object
]
:
to state that something will happen in the future
:
predict
He
prophesied
the government's failure. = He
prophesied
that the government would fail.
The book claims that modern events were
prophesied
in ancient times.
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