prophesy

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prophesy englanniksi

To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. (defdate)
(RQ:KJV)
1648, (w), “Not every day fit for Verse” in ''(w)'', London: John Williams & Francis Eglesfield, p. 285,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43441.0001.001

’Tis not ev’ry day, that I

Fitted am to prophesie:

No, but when the Spirit fils

The fantastick Pannicles:

Full of fier; then I write

As the Godhead doth indite.

(RQ:Achebe Things Fall Apart) at that very moment a loud and high-pitched voice broke the outer silence of the night. It was Chielo, the priestess of Agbala, prophesying. There was nothing new in that. Once in a while Chielo was possessed by the spirit of her god and she began to prophesy.
To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-1)
(RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2 Q1)
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To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
(RQ:Shakespeare King Lear)
To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach. (defdate)
1646, (w), ''Of the Liberty of Prophesying'', Section 4, in ''Treatises of 1. The liberty of prophesying, 2. Prayer ex tempore, 3. Episcopacie: together with a sermon'', London: R. Royston, 1648, p. 73,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64135.0001.001

(..) if we consider that we have no certain wayes of determining places of difficulty and Question, infallibly and certainly (..) we shall see a very great necessity in allowing a liberty in Prophesying without prescribing authoritatively to other mens consciences, and becomming Lords and Masters of their Faith.

(obsolete spelling of)(n-g)
(quote-book)|title=A Discoursive Probleme concerning Prophesies, how far they are to be valued or credited|page=8|passage=I take it néedles, and booteles to make ouer déepe, or ſcrupulous enquiry into euery moſt auncient, and obſolete antiquitie: I preſuppoſe it ſufficient to peruſe, and examine the moſt famous, and moſt autentique ſuppoſed propheſies, that haue curranteſt paſſage, and repaſſage in moſt mouthes, and bookes: conſidering how eaſily euerie indifferent man may proportionably make eſtimation of the woorſe, by the better, and ratably value the one by the other.
(quote-book)|location=London|publisher=Printed by T. R. and T. D. for William Saywell(nb...)|year=1670|page=25|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSM9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA25|passage=This was the fullneſs of Time, in which all the Propheſies (concerning the Meſſias) were exactly fulfilled. Nothing was ever foretold of Jeſus Chriſt, which was not exactly performed in the fullneſs of Time.
(quote-book)|location=London|publisher=(...) George Croom|year=1690|section=title page|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLljAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11|passage=BEING An Hiſtorical Deſcription of the ''Papal Empire'', as it is Originally Copied out of the Propheſies of Holy Writ.
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