Foretoken vs Prophesy - What's the difference?
foretoken | prophesy | Related terms |
To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
To predict, to foretell.
* Bible, 1 Kings xxii. 8
* Shakespeare
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 745:
To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
* Shakespeare
(Christianity) To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.
Foretoken is a related term of prophesy.
As verbs the difference between foretoken and prophesy
is that foretoken is to betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage while prophesy is to speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.As a noun foretoken
is a prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.foretoken
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Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) *.Derived terms
* (l)prophesy
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Verb
(en-verb)- He doth not prophesy good concerning me.
- Then I perceive that will be verified / Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy .
- ‘It has been prophesied more than once that he will find it.’
- Methought thy very gait did prophesy / A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee.