Prophesy vs Forsee - What's the difference?
prophesy | forsee |
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.
To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
*1882 , Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins :
*1841', Gordon, ''History of Scots Affairs, from 1637 - 1641'' (quote from ' 1638 ):
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To oversee; superintend; direct.
As verbs the difference between prophesy and forsee
is that prophesy is to speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet while forsee is to neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.prophesy
English
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.
forsee
English
Verb
- Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?
- The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it [...]
- It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one.