Prophetic

  • 1Prophetic — 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

  • 2prophetic — [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

  • 3prophetic — I adjective alarming, augural, bodeful, clairvoyant, divinatory, divinus, farseeing, farsighted, fateful, fatidic, fatidical, fatidicus, fatiloquent, foreboding, forecasting, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, foretelling, forewarning,… …

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  • 4prophetic — 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

  • 5prophetic — [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 …

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  • 6prophetic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) accurately predicting the future. 2) relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. DERIVATIVES prophetical adjective prophetically adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7prophetic — [[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

  • 8prophetic — 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

  • 9prophetic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ His warnings about the trip proved prophetic. ADVERB ▪ almost ▪ eerily …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10prophetic — 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