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Verb
S:
(v)
prophesy
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vaticinate
(predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration)
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S:
(v)
predict
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foretell
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prognosticate
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call
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forebode
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anticipate
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promise
(make a prediction about; tell in advance)
"Call the outcome of an election"
S:
(v)
read
(interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior)
"She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
S:
(v)
second-guess
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outguess
(attempt to anticipate or predict)
S:
(v)
augur
(predict from an omen)
S:
(v)
bet
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wager
(maintain with or as if with a bet)
"I bet she will be there!"
S:
(v)
forecast
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calculate
(predict in advance)
S:
(v)
prophesy
,
vaticinate
(predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration)
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
S:
(v)
preach
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prophesy
(deliver a sermon)
"The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
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S:
(v)
evangelize
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evangelise
(preach the gospel (to))
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