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   prophetic

   /prəˈfɛtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. accurately predicting what will happen in the future: "his warnings proved prophetic"
   • 2. relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: "the prophetic books of the Old Testament"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting’ (see prophet).

   Derivatives

   • 1. prophetical adjective
   • 2. prophetically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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