PROPHESY


Meaning of PROPHESY in English

(prophesies, ~ing, prophesied)

If you ~ that something will happen, you say that you strongly believe that it will happen.

He prophesied that within five years his opponent would either be dead or in prison...

She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition.

= predict

VERB: V that, V n

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