Both Uses of
prophetic
in
Babbitt
- Babbitt spoke well—and often—at these orgies of commercial righteousness about the "realtor's function as a seer of the future development of the community, and as a prophetic engineer clearing the pathway for inevitable changes"—which meant that a real-estate broker could make money by guessing which way the town would grow.†
Chpt 4 *
- In the flesh, Mrs. Opal Emerson Mudge fell somewhat short of a prophetic aspect.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(prophetic) foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention