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A prophet. Shak.

To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate. He doth not prophesy good concerning me. 1 Kings xxii. 8. Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy. Shak.

One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.

A female prophet.

Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold. And fears are oft prophetic of the event. Dryden.

Propheticalness.

In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.

The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity to foretell.

To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy. [R.] "Prophetizing dreams." Daniel.

Enunciative. [R.]

An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

Defending or preserving from disease; preventive. Coxe.

The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.

Fit; propitious. [Obs.] E. Hall.

, CH3.CH2.CH, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene.

The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.

sing the cup. [Obs.] The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and joy propined. C. Smart.

Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.

A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds.