Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROPHETIC, PROPHETICAL

a.Containing prophecy; foretelling future events; as prophetic writings. 1. Unfolding future events; as prophetic dreams.
It has of before the thing foretold.
And fears are oft prophetic of th' event.

 

PROPHETICALLY

adv. By way of prediction; in the manner of prophecy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROPHETIC; PROPHETICAL

Pro *phet "ic, Pro *phet "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. propheticus, Gr. prophétique. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

PROPHETICALITY

PROPHETICALITY Pro *phet `ic *al "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: Propheticalness.

 

PROPHETICALLY

PROPHETICALLY Pro *phet "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.

 

PROPHETICALNESS

PROPHETICALNESS Pro *phet "ic *al *ness, n.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prophetic

pro phet ic |prəˈfetik prəˈfɛdɪk | ▶adjective 1 accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future: his warnings proved prophetic. 2 of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: the prophetic books of the Old Testament. DERIVATIVES pro phet i cal adjective, pro phet i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting ’ (see prophet ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

prophetic

prophetic |prəˈfɛtɪk | ▶adjective 1 accurately predicting what will happen in the future: his warnings proved prophetic. 2 relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: the prophetic books of the Old Testament. DERIVATIVES prophetical adjective, prophetically adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting ’ (see prophet ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prophetic

prophetic adjective his words proved prophetic —within a week he was dead: prescient, predictive, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, sibylline, apocalyptic; rare vatic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prophetic

prophetic adjective his words proved prophetic —in less than a week he was dead: prescient, predictive, prophetical, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired; rare vatic, mantic, vaticinal, vaticinatory, prognosticative, augural, adumbrative, fatidic, fatidical.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prophetic

pro phet ic -i cal /prəfétɪk |prə (ʊ )-//-k (ə )l /形容詞 予言者の ; 予言的な ; 予言に関する .pro ph é t i cal ly 副詞 予言的に .