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t. [ ties. His voice was propertied The counterfeit module has deceived me, like a double- Shak ., All's Well, iv. 3. 115. IMG:content-1101.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1102.png:[blocks in formation] Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal noblene . Shak., Lear, v. 3. 176. Amongst many other dignities which this letter hath by being received and seen by you, it is not the least that it was prophesied of before it was born. Donne , Letters, xxv. One of his [Clive's] masters was sagacious enough to prophesy that the idle lad would make a great figure in Macaulay , Lord Clive. the world. For by the warning of the Holy Ghost I prophesy that I shall die to-night. hate us. Luke i. 70. Polybius was of the best sort of prophets , who predict from natural causes those events which must naturally proceed from them. Dryden , Character of Polybius. I do rest A prophet certain of my prophecy, That never shadow of mistrust can cro Between us. Tennyson , Geraint. 3. An orthopterous insect of the family Man tidæ. [Local, U. S.] - French prophets, a name sometimes given in England to the Camisards. - Major prophylaxy 3. Anticipative; having or tending to a presentiment or an intuitive discernment of the future. O my prophetic soul! my uncle! Shak ., Hamlet, i. 5. 40. prophetical (prō-fetʼi-kal), a . [ prophetic + -al.] Same as prophetic . God hath endued us with the heavenly support of prophetical revelation, which doth open those hidden mysteries that reason could never have been able to find out. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 15. [ pro +-i- ty .] Prophetical ne . Cole ridge . n. IMG:content-1103.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To utter predictions; foretell future events. Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand. Jer. xi. 21. 31. To interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; preach; exhort. In the afternoon, Mr. Roger Williams (according to their custom) propounded a question, to which the pastor, Mr. Smith, spake briefly; then Mr. Williams prophesied . Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 109. They also allowed greater liberty to prophesy than those before them; for they admitted any member to speak and pray as well as their pastor. Penn , Rise and Progre of Quakers, i. prophesying (prof'e-si-ing), n. [Verbal n. of prophesy , v.] 14. Preaching; religious exhortation; the act of speaking on religious subjects. The Liberty of Prophesying . [Title.] Jer . Taylor . The Puritans maintained frequent religious exercises, in which texts of Scripture were interpreted or discu ed, one speaking to the subject after another, in an orderly method. This was called prophesying , in reference to 1 Corin. xiv. 31: Ye may all prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. Neal , in New England's Memorial, p. 171, note. 2. The act of foretelling. Hosea to Malachi inclusive; also, their books. The distinction between major and minor relates to the size of the books. School of the prophets, among the ancient Jews, a school or college in which young men were educated and qualified to be public teachers. One elderly or leading prophet presided over them, called their father or master; hence the students were called sons of the prophets. Their chief subject of study was the law and its interpretation, but music and sacred poetry were subsidiary branches of instruction. - The Prophets, those books of the Old Testament which are largely composed of prophecies, or which were written or compiled by members of the order of prophets. The ancient Jews sometimes divided the Old Testament into the Law (Pent a teuch) and the Prophets, and sometimes (as still in Hebrew Bibles) into Law, Prophets, and Hagiographa. In Hebrew Bibles the Former Prophets are Joshua, Judges, I. and II. Samuel, and I. and II. Kings; the Latter Prophets are the books from Isaiah to Malachi inclusive, with the exception of Lamentations and Daniel, which are placed in the Hagiographa. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Mat. xxii. 40. =Syn. 1. Prophet , Seer , Soothsayer. A prophet is properly one who discloses or speaks forth to others the will of God; a seer is one who has himself learned God's will by a vision. Both titles were applied Old Testament to the same cla of men, but it different times. The ext rising uses of the words correspond to the Biblical. The word prophet is sometimes used in the Bible of a candidate for the prophetic office, or of an inspired preacher or interpreter. Soothsayer, as used in the Bible, implies imposture, Beforetime, in Israel, when a man went to enquire of and in other literature its standing is little better. God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer. 1 Sam. ix. 9. They had with them inspired men, Prophets , and it were intimation. [Kare. [Rare.] pr prophetically (pro-fet'i-kal-i), adv . [ pro phetical + + -ly2.] In a prophetic manner; by way of prediction; in the manner of prophecy. They prophetically did fore-signify all such sects to be avoided. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 883.