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.