1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.]
They have here propertied me.Shak.
(Pro*phane") a. & v. t. See Profane. [Obs.]
(||Proph"a*sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. to show beforehand. See Pro-, and Phasis.] (Med.) Foreknowledge
of a disease; prognosis.
(Proph"e*cy) n.; pl. Prophecies [OE. prophecie, OF. profecie, F. prophétie, L. prophetia, fr.
Gr. , fr. to be an interpreter of the gods, to prophesy, fr. prophet. See Prophet.]
1. A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams.Shak.
Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man.2. Pet. i. 21.
2. (Script.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah. 2 Chron. ix. 29.
3. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
(Proph"e*si`er) n. A prophet. Shak.
(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 verifiedShak.
Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy.
2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
Methought thy very gait did prophesyShak.
A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee.
(Proph"e*sy), v. i.
1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. Matt. xv. 7.
2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to
exhort; to expound. Ezek. xxxvii. 7.