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prophetize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prophetize
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To act as a prophet; to prophesy; to make prophecies.

Etymology

From Middle English prophetise, from Old French prophetisier, from Latin prophētizō, from Ancient Greek προφητίζω (prophētízō, “to prophesy”). By surface analysis, prophet + -ize.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *bʰeh₂-, prophetise, prophetisier, prophētizō, προφητίζω

Inflected Forms

prophetizes (present, singular) prophetizing (participle, present) prophetized (participle, past) prophetized (past) prophetise (alternative, UK)

Questions

What does prophetize mean?
To act as a prophet; to prophesy; to make prophecies.
Where does prophetize come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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