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prophetic

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pro·phet·ic  (pr-ftk) also pro·phet·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: prophetic books.
2. Foretelling events as if by divine inspiration: casual words that proved prophetic.
pro·pheti·cal·ly adv.
pro·pheti·cal·ness n.
prophetic
Adjective
1. foretelling what will happen
2. of the nature of a prophecy
prophetically adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.prophetic - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"
prophetical
unprophetic - not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly
prophetic
adjective predictive, foreshadowing, presaging, prescient, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, prognostic, mantic, vatic (rare) augural, fatidic (rare)
Translations
prophetic [prəˈfɛtɪk] adj → profético
prophetic [prəˈfɛtɪk] adj → prophétique
prophetic [prəˈfɛtɪk] prophet adj → prophetisch
prophetic [prəˈfɛtɪk] adj → profetico/a


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However, since he seems a friend of yours, here goes--" And with the gladdest, most grateful sound in the world, the happy smack of a fish back home again in the water, after an appalling three minutes spent on land, that prophetic trout was once more an active unit in God's populous universe.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
It was for the Mediterranean sailors that fair-haired sirens sang among the black rocks seething in white foam and mysterious voices spoke in the darkness above the moving wave - voices menacing, seductive, or prophetic, like that voice heard at the beginning of the Christian era by the master of an African vessel in the Gulf of Syrta, whose calm nights are full of strange murmurs and flitting shadows.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
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