prophetic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

   prophetic writings

2. 2
   adj

   Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.

   [Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle!

3. 3
   adj

   Predicted, as by a prophecy.

   And fears are oft prophetic of the event.

4. 4
   adj

   Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.