| VERB | communication | prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | prophesy, preach | deliver a sermon |
| Meaning | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonym | vaticinate | |
| Narrower | enlighten, irradiate | Give spiritual insight to |
| vaticinate | foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy | |
| Broader | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise | make a prediction about |
| Spanish | profetar, profetizar | |
| Catalan | profetar, profetitzar | |
| Meaning | deliver a sermon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something ----s to somebody; Somebody ----s on something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue prophesy | |
| Synonym | preach | |
| Narrower | evangelize, evangelise | preach the gospel (to) |
| Broader | lecture, talk | deliver a lecture / lecture or talk |
| Spanish | predicar, profetizar, sermonear | |
| Catalan | predicar, semonejar | |
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