Prophesy vs Premonish - What's the difference?
prophesy | premonish | Synonyms |
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.
(obsolete) To warn of something in advance
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Prophesy is a synonym of premonish.
As verbs the difference between prophesy and premonish
is that prophesy is to speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet while premonish is (obsolete) to warn of something in advance.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.