"prophesied" is a correct and usable English word.
It is a verb which means to make a prediction or to foretell something. Example sentence: The seer prophesied that a great leader would save the kingdom.
Ubiquitous cyber-gurus, framed by colourful PowerPoint presentations reminiscent of stained glass, prophesied a digital land in which growth would be limitless, commerce frictionless and democracy direct.
During two lost decades, pundits have prophesied a string of new dawns and turning-points for Japan's economy, and most have come to naught.
Omnipresent cyber-gurus, often framed by colourful PowerPoint presentations reminiscent of stained glass, prophesied a digital paradise in which not only would commerce be frictionless and growth exponential, but democracy would be direct and the nation-state would no longer exist.
Whether or not they are now set for the meltdown that some have prophesied depends mainly on four things.Whither hedge funds?The first is whether investors exit en masse.
MANY prophesied that they would never be released.
In the famous "Limits to Growth" report, commissioned by the Club of Rome and published in 1972, which prophesied catastrophe if population growth was not checked, each chapter was introduced with a quote drawn almost exclusively from ancient philosophers and the Bible.Hypocrisy abounds on this issue.
But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who want to prophesy the imminent end of America's unique global role have a harder case to make than those who think we will limp on for a while, making a mess of things as usual.DIA: In the book, you say that Protestantism encouraged capitalism, leading to dynamic, open societies in both Britain and America, which allowed them to thrive.
The City is echoing with bankers prophesying an exodus: of shipping tycoons to Athens and private-equity partners to Geneva.
Yet, as a racist bombing at a Moscow market last month and a near-pogrom against Caucasians in a northern town this week both suggest, Russians are ill-disposed towards the new immigrants their economy increasingly needs.Some, including Mr Putin, have gone so far as to prophesy the death of the nation itself.
Lately, though, Mr Kim has reverted to type by prophesying war.
THE voices of those who prophesy doom in Libya are becoming ever louder.
