See future hopes dashed and peep outside (8)
I believe the answer is:
prophesy
'see' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'future hopes dashed and peep outside' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'hopes' is 'ophes' which is within the answer.
'peep' could be 'pry' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'pry' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prophesy that I've seen before include "Say that something will happen in the future" , "Prediction" , "Foretell - portend" , "Reveal through divine inspiration" , "Predict" .)