English Explanatory Dictionary

prophetize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To act as a prophet; to prophesy; to make prophecies.

Word forms

prophetize prophetizes prophetizing prophetized prophetise

Etymology

From Middle English prophetise, from Old French prophetisier, from Latin prophētizō, from Ancient Greek προφητίζω (prophētízō, “to prophesy”). By surface analysis, prophet + -ize.

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