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prophesying

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Speaking or declaring a prophecy; foretelling by divine inspiration.

Detailed Definition
To prophesy is to predict or announce something as if by divine insight. In this poem, the word gives the speakers a visionary, almost prophetic power over history and empire.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And o’erthrew them with prophesying” presents prophecy as a powerful utterance; “The raven, prophesying rain, crossed the white field” uses the participle for foretelling; “Prophesying doom, the oracle spoke in broken fire” gives a classical scene; “She stood prophesying not fate but change” adapts the term to a contemporary speaker
Additional Notes
The form in the poem is an older, less everyday verb, and the quoted line uses it in a specialized prophetic sense.; Found in the poem, Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Also Known As
foretelling divining predicting auguring
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