Both Uses of
prophetic
in
Oliver Twist
- Nobody controverted the prophetic gentleman's opinion.†
Chpt 2 *
- It appears, at first sight not unreasonable to suppose, that, if he had entertained a becoming feeling of respect for the prediction of the gentleman in the white waistcoat, he would have established that sage individual's prophetic character, once and for ever, by tying one end of his pocket-handkerchief to a hook in the wall, and attaching himself to the other.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(prophetic) foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention