prophesy
/ˈprɒfɪsaɪ/verb
1-ies, -ied
with obj. say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future预言, 预告; 预知：Jacques was prophesying a bumper harvest
雅克预言有一场大丰收
with clause the papers prophesied that he would resign after the weekend.报纸预测他会在周末过后辞职。
1.1
- no obj. speak or write by divine inspiration; act as a prophet受神启示而说（或写）; 作为先知：
when a man prophesies, it is because the Spirit of the Lord comes upon him.
人能预言, 那是因为圣灵降临到他身上。
派生词
prophesier
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French profecier,from profecie （see PROPHECY）. The differentiation of the spellings prophesy and prophecy as verb and noun was not established until after 1700.