The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prophetic \Pro*phet"ic\, Prophetical \Pro*phet"ic*al\, a. [L. propheticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. proph['e]tique.] Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.
And fears are oft prophetic of the event.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
a. prophetic
WordNet
adj. foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" [syn: prophetic] [ant: unprophetic]
Usage examples of "prophetical".
Their oracles were by word of mouth, dreams, visions, and prophetical sayings.
The pope read the offering, then sealed it in the archives where it remained until 1595, when Arnold Wion again recorded the list of pontiffs Malachy had seen, along with Malachy’s prophetical mottoes, starting with Celestine II, in 1143, and ending 111 popes later with the supposed last pontiff.