Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prophesy
Participle: prophesied
Gerund: prophesying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prophesy |
| you | prophesy |
| he;she;it | prophesies |
| we | prophesy |
| you | prophesy |
| they | prophesy |
Perfect
| I | have prophesied |
| you | have prophesied |
| he;she;it | has prophesied |
| we | have prophesied |
| you | have prophesied |
| they | have prophesied |
Past
| I | prophesied |
| you | prophesied |
| he;she;it | prophesied |
| we | prophesied |
| you | prophesied |
| they | prophesied |
Pluperfect
| I | had prophesied |
| you | had prophesied |
| he;she;it | had prophesied |
| we | had prophesied |
| you | had prophesied |
| they | had prophesied |
Future
| I | will prophesy |
| you | will prophesy |
| he;she;it | will prophesy |
| we | will prophesy |
| you | will prophesy |
| they | will prophesy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prophesied |
| you | will have prophesied |
| he;she;it | will have prophesied |
| we | will have prophesied |
| you | will have prophesied |
| they | will have prophesied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prophesy |
| you | prophesy |
| he;she;it | prophesy |
| we | prophesy |
| you | prophesy |
| they | prophesy |
Perfect
| I | have prophesied |
| you | have prophesied |
| he;she;it | have prophesied |
| we | have prophesied |
| you | have prophesied |
| they | have prophesied |
Imperfect
| I | prophesied |
| you | prophesied |
| he;she;it | prophesied |
| we | prophesied |
| you | prophesied |
| they | prophesied |
Pluperfect
| I | had prophesied |
| you | had prophesied |
| he;she;it | had prophesied |
| we | had prophesied |
| you | had prophesied |
| they | had prophesied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prophesy |
| you | would prophesy |
| he;she;it | would prophesy |
| we | would prophesy |
| you | would prophesy |
| they | would prophesy |
Perfect
| I | would have prophesied |
| you | would have prophesied |
| he;she;it | would have prophesied |
| we | would have prophesied |
| you | would have prophesied |
| they | would have prophesied |
Imperative
| you | prophesy |
| we | Let's prophesy |
| you | prophesy |
Verbs conjugated like 'prophesy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prophesy'
prophecy,
process,
profess,
progress,
propel,
propend,
property,
prophecise,
prophesize,
propose,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to know something in advance
- anticipate, augur, call, divine, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, predict, presage
- foretell
- forecast, augur, divine, predict, prognosticate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English prophecien; partly from prophecie, and partly from Middle French prophecier, prophesier, from prophecie (“prophecy”). Doublet of prophecy. See: Middle English '
prophecien', Middle French '
prophecier'.
Verbs referencing "prophesy"
Finnish with old forms
profetoida.
Sample Sentences
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And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 2:28:]
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No, but when the Spirit fils
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The fantastick Pannicles:
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Full of fier; then I write [1648, Robert Herrick, “Not every day fit for Verse” in Hesperides, London: John Williams & Francis Eglesfield, p. 285, ’Tis not ev’ry day, that I Fitted am to prophesie]
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[…] at that very moment a loud and high-pitched voice broke the outer silence of the night. It was Chielo, the priestess of Agbala, prophesying. There was nothing new in that. Once in a while Chielo was possessed by the spirit of her god and she began to prophesy. [1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 11, in Things Fall Apart, New York, N.Y.: Astor-Honor, published 1959, →OCLC, part 1:]
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Then I perceive that will be verified
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Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy
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‘If once he come to be a cardinal,
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He’ll make his cap co-equal with the crown.’ [1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:]
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My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...] [1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:]
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He doth not prophesy good concerning me. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 22:8:]
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People prophesied a long continuance to this already lengthened frost; said the spring would be very late; no spring fashions required; no summer clothing purchased for a short uncertain summer. [1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 5, in Mary Barton:]
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‘It has been prophesied more than once that he will find it.’ [1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 745:]
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Methought thy very gait did prophesy
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A royal nobleness. I must embrace thee. [c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:]
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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,
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[…] 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.