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Meanings of prophesy (prophesies) in English

Portuguese
fazer sermão
Catalan
semonejar
Spanish
predicar

To deliver a sermon.

fazer sermão
Portuguese
predizer
Catalan
profetitzar

Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration.

predizer

To make a prediction or prophecy.

Usage of prophesies in English
1
The Lord grants the permission, and prophesies the failure of the attempt:-
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
2
But there are conditions that must be met, prophesies to be fulfilled.
Phantoms
3
None of the People had prophesies of the coming of the Terrans.
Oomphel in the Sky
4
And it speaks with tongues of angels, and it prophesies the rising
The California Birthday Book / Prose and Poetical Selections fro...
5
But what happens if Cassandra prophesies and the Greeks don't besiege Troy?
The Guardian
6
This is your sister Cassandra, the one who prophesies doom to Troy.
Helen of troy
7
The best of us are but prophesies of what is to come.
Pushing to the Front
8
The real drawback to The Rapture, however, is the nature of Bethany's prophesies.
The Guardian
9
In it, he apparently prophesies a military takeover of a Southern African country.
The South African
10
Sir Oliver Lodge prophesies the war use of the newly controlled atomic energy.
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
11
The Spirit of Life prophesies Zoe's martyrdom; it will take place before night.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
12
A deep indestructible instinct prophesies in every breast of a future.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
13
A week or two later all his prophesies had been fulfilled.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with ...
14
Afterward, of course, there were many such prophesies, but there were none before.
Oomphel in the Sky
15
Yet every noble scheme, every poetic manifestation, prophesies to man his eventual destiny.
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
16
Now is it true that 'he prophesies of times that are far off'?
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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