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prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling. He hearkens after prophecies and dreams. Shak. Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man. 2. Pet. i. 21.

, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.

ntire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at…

To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate. He will, fulfill the desire of them fear him. Ps. cxlv. 199. Here Nature seems fulfilled…

The act of fulfilling; accomplishment; completion; as, the fulfillment of prophecy.

false Clarence. Shak. Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.

The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy. The predictions of cold and long winters. Bacon.

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.

ative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall come when . . . , " since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing…

A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.

A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.] Spenser.

A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. Eclus. xxxiv. 5.

faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. Dryden.

and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Luke xvi. 17. Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified. South.

Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic. T. Warton.

Prediction; prophecy. It is not a false utterance; it is a true, though an impetuous, vaticination. I. Taylor.