prophesy

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v. 预言, 预报

发音

UK /ˈpɹɒfɪsaɪ/
其它
US /ˈpɹɑfɪsaɪ/

词形变化

prophesies 复数 prophesies prophesied prophesiedst prophesies 三单 prophesiest prophesieth prophesying prophesying 现在分词 prophesied 过去式 prophesied 过去分词

别名

prophecy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of prophecy; now a misspelling.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.

    No, but when the Spirit fils The fantastick Pannicles: Full of fier; then I write

  2. 2.

    To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).

  3. 3.

    To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.

  4. 4.

    To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.

    不及物 宗教

    1646, Jeremy Taylor, Of the Liberty of Prophesying, Section 4, in Treatises of 1. The liberty of prophesying, 2. Prayer ex tempore, 3. Episcopacie: together with a sermon, London: R. Royston, 1648, p. 73, […] if we consider that we have no certain wayes of determining places of difficulty and Question, infallibly and certainly […] we shall see a very great necessity in allowing a liberty in Prophesying without prescribing authoritatively to other mens consciences, and becomming Lords and Masters of their Faith.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

preach vaticinate

上位词 9

call talk promise lecture predict anticipate foretell forebode prognosticate

下位词 5

enlighten irradiate evangelise evangelize vaticinate

词源

From Middle English prophecie.

来源：wiktionary