2. (Script.)
Defn: A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah. 2
Chron. ix. 29.
3. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
PROPHESIER
Proph"e*si`er, n.
Defn: A prophet. Shak.
PROPHESY
Proph"e*sy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prophesied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prophesying.] Etym: [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 verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy. Shak.
2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee. Shak.
PROPHESY
Proph"e*sy, v. i.
1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. Matt. xv. 7.