- prophetic
- also prophetical adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy 2. foretelling events ; predictive • prophetically adverb
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Prophetic — Pro*phet ic, Prophetical Pro*phet ic*al, a. [L. propheticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. proph[ e]tique.] Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; used with of before the thing foretold. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prophetic — [prə fet′ik, prōfet′ik] adj. [MFr prophetique < LL(Ec) propheticus < Gr prophētikos] 1. of, or having the powers of, a prophet 2. of, having the nature of, or containing a prophecy [a prophetic utterance] 3. that predicts or foreshadows:… … English World dictionary
prophetic — I adjective alarming, augural, bodeful, clairvoyant, divinatory, divinus, farseeing, farsighted, fateful, fatidic, fatidical, fatidicus, fatiloquent, foreboding, forecasting, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, foretelling, forewarning,… … Law dictionary
prophetic — 1590s, from Fr. prophétique (15c.), from L.L. propheticus (c.200), from Gk. prophetikos pertaining to a prophet, from prophetes (see PROPHET (Cf. prophet)) … Etymology dictionary
prophetic — [adj] telling of the future apocalyptic, augural, Delphian*, divinatory, fatidic, foreshadowing, mantic, occult, oracular, predictive, presaging, prescient, prognostic, prophetical, pythonic, sibylline, vaticinal, veiled; concept 267 … New thesaurus
prophetic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) accurately predicting the future. 2) relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. DERIVATIVES prophetical adjective prophetically adverb … English terms dictionary
prophetic — [[t]prəfe̱tɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If something was prophetic, it described or suggested something that did actually happen later. This ominous warning soon proved prophetic... Friends recalled Elisabeth s prophetic words of several years ago. 2)… … English dictionary
prophetic — propheticality, propheticalness, n. prophetically, adv. /preuh fet ik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a prophet: prophetic inspiration. 2. of the nature of or containing prophecy: prophetic writings. 3. having the function or powers of a prophet,… … Universalium
prophetic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ His warnings about the trip proved prophetic. ADVERB ▪ almost ▪ eerily … Collocations dictionary
prophetic — pro|phet|ic [prəˈfetık] adj correctly saying what will happen in the future ▪ It turned out to be a prophetic piece of journalism. ▪ Lundgren s warnings proved prophetic . >prophetically [ kli] adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
prophetic — pro|phet|ic [ prə fetık ] or pro|phet|i|cal [ prə fetıkl ] adjective 1. ) describing something that will happen in the future: His words proved oddly prophetic. 2. ) relating to or like a PROPHET: prophetic powers ╾ pro|phet|i|cal|ly [ prə… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
