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prophetic

 
Dictionary: pro·phet·ic   (prə-fĕt'ĭk) pronunciation also pro·phet·i·cal
(-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
  1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: prophetic books.
  2. Foretelling events as if by divine inspiration: casual words that proved prophetic.
prophetically pro·phet'i·cal·ly adv.
propheticalness pro·phet'i·cal·ness n.

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adjective

    Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means: augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, oracular, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary. See foresight.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  Synonym: prophetical
  Antonym: unprophetic (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - profetisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
profetisch

Français (French)
adj. - prophétique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - prophetisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προφητικός

Italiano (Italian)
profetico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - profético

Русский (Russian)
пророческий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - profético

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - profetisk, förebådande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
预言的, 预示的, 先知的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 預言的, 預示的, 先知的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 예언의, 예언적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 予言者の, 予言の, 予言する, 予言的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نبوي, تنبئي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נבואי, נביאי, חזוני‬


 
 
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