||Proph"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to show beforehand. See Pro-,
||and Phasis.] (Med.) Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis.
Proph"e*cy (?), n.; pl. Prophecies (#), [OE. prophecie, OF. profecie,
F. prophÈtie, L. prophetia, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to be an interpreter
of the gods, to prophesy, fr. &?; prophet. See Prophet.] 1. A
declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an
inspired foretelling.
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams.
Shak.
Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man.