Synonyms for prophetic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pruh-fet-ik
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈfɛt ɪk

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Définition of prophetic

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French prophétique (15c.) and directly from Late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophetikos "pertaining to a prophet, oracular," from prophetes (see prophet). Related: Prophetical (mid-15c.); prophetically.
  • adj telling of the future
Example sentences :
  • His prophetic and doleful despatches had been for years the joke of Foreign Offices.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • And lately I have thought that those dreams might be prophetic.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • However, we are not now inquiring into the causes of prophetic knowledge.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part I] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • Our prophetic motto will suit all creeds in their turn, that's a comfort.'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • You, the people alone, you have been far-seeing and prophetic; but not they.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • What prophetic instinct it was had rooted that certainty in my heart I do not pretend to say.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • To ears tingling with prophetic apprehension the provocation was intense.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • It is often found in the Arabic Bible, especially in the prophetic books.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • The middle ages had used them, as they had used the Old Testament, as prophetic books.
  • Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
  • In a pathetic passage in a prophetic Psalm, He says, "I am a worm and no man."
  • Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
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