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Definition of Prophetic
1. Adjective. Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention. "Words that proved prophetic"
Similar to: Adumbrative, Foreshadowing, Prefigurative, Apocalyptic, Apocalyptical, Revelatory, Clairvoyant, Precognitive, Second-sighted, Delphic, Oracular, Divinatory, Mantic, Sibyllic, Sibylline, Vatic, Vatical, Fateful, Foreboding, Portentous, Precursory, Premonitory, Predictive, Prognostic, Prognosticative
Derivative terms: Prophecy, Prophecy, Prophet, Prophet, Prophecy, Prophecy, Prophet
Antonyms: Unprophetic
Definition of Prophetic
1. a. Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.
Definition of Prophetic
1. Adjective. of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet ¹
2. Adjective. predicted, as by a prophecy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prophetic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prophetic
Literary usage of Prophetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeology and the Bible by George Aaron Barton (1916)
"COMPARISON WITH prophetic PASSAGES. A LAMENTATION FOR TAMMUZ. THERE is no other
body of literature which closely corresponds to the books of the Hebrew ..."
2. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"of poetry deduced from the nature and design of prophecy itself—An example of
the true style of prophetic poetry produced from Isaiah, and explained : also ..."
3. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"THE PRE-prophetic SOCIETIES Phoenician Baalism, a new form of syncretism which,
... The pre-prophetic societies constitute a phase in the development of ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"In this paper I wish to give the details of a most remarkable dream which belongs
to the important group that points to the prophetic power of the soul. ..."
5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"PRE-prophetic INFLUENCES IN THE TIME OF ELISHA. i. Close cooperation of the
prophet with the government, a conspiracy against the government and its ..."
6. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"The content of these propositions prepares the way for an examination of other
pre-prophetic influences which antedated the work of Amos and Hosea; ..."
7. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Second period, 1792-6, mythic and prophetic lays, and Songs of Experience.
Third period, 1797-1804 and later; darker prophetic lays, ..."
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