prophe(s/c)y again

[Barnhart]

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> writes:
>
>MWDEU on "prophesize": Bremner 1980 says this word does not exist,
>but it does.  It is, however, of such low frequency in print that it
>is not eligible for entry even in an unabridged dictionary.  We have
>examples so far from 1966 and 1981, and a local western Massachusetts
>newspaper not noted fr elegant spelling essayed _prophesize_ in 1974.

There's an entry in Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 13.3, p 285), if
anyone's interested.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

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