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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Proph·e·sy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prophesied p. pr. & vb. n. Prophesying ]
 1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
    He doth not prophesy good concerning me.
 Then I perceive that will be verified
 Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy.   --Shak.
 2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
 Methought thy very gait did prophesy
 A royal nobleness; I must embrace thee.   --Shak.