<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>prophesied</li><li>prophesying</li><li>to foretell or predict</li><li>to indicate beforehand</li><li>to declare or foretell by or as if by divine inspiration</li><li>to utter in prophecy or as a prophet</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>prognosticate</li><li>augur</li><li>divine</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>prophesied</li><li>prophesying</li><li>to make predictions</li><li>to make inspired declarations of what is to come</li><li>to speak as a mediator between God and humankind or in God's stead</li><li>Archaic: to teach religious subjects</li></ul>