prophesy
Plural: prophesies
Verb
Verb Forms: prophesied, prophesying, prophesies
- To predict what will happen in the future.
- predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
- deliver a sermon
- To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
- To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
- To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
- To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.
Noun
- Obsolete spelling of prophecy; now a misspelling.
Examples
- He could almost PROPHESY his opponent’s next move based on the remaining tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English prophecien; partly from prophecie, and partly from Middle French prophecier, prophesier, from prophecie (“prophecy”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
prophesy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprophesy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prophesy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
prophesy: valid Words With Friends Word