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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
prophetic (not comparable)
- Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: (Second Quarto), London: I R for N L , published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:[Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle!
- Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.
- Predicted, as by a prophecy.
1717, William Congreve, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Laurence Eusden, John Ozell, “Book X”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:And fears are oft prophetic of the event.
Derived terms
Translations
of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet