资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prophesy \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.