Both Uses
prophesy
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- I will prophesy he comes to tell me of the players; mark it.†
Scene 2.2 *prophesy = predict
- O, I die, Horatio;
The potent poison quite o'er-crows my spirit:
I cannot live to hear the news from England;
But I do prophesy the election lights
On Fortinbras: he has my dying voice;
So tell him, with the occurrents, more and less,
Which have solicited.†Scene 5.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(prophesy) predict or reveal -- especially through, or as if through, divine inspirationNote that the noun, prophecy, is spelled differently than this verb (having a "c" rather than an "s").
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)