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.
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.
