About The Word Adumbrate

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Adumbrate

Adumbrate Meaning & Definition
Adumbrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adumbrate?

[v] give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
[v] describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the book"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adumbrate: insinuate | intimate | outline | sketch

Related Terms | Find terms related to Adumbrate: allude to | argue | augur | auspicate | becloud | bedim | bespeak | betoken | block out | bode | body forth | call | chalk out | characterize | cloud | darken | demonstrate | denote | dim | draft | drop a hint | embody | exemplify | figure | fog | forebode | forecast | foreshadow | foreshow | foretell | give a hint | give the cue | glance at | gloom | have a hunch | have an intimation | hint | hint at | illustrate | image | impersonate | imply | incarnate | indicate | insinuate | intimate | lower | mean | menace | mirror | mist | murk | obfuscate | omen | outline | overcast | personate | personify | portend | predict | prefigure | presage | pretypify | prognosticate | project | prompt | prophesy | realize | reflect | rough out | shadow | shadow forth | signify | skeleton | suggest | symbolize | threaten | typify | vaticinate

See Also | block out | depict | describe | draw | hint | suggest

Adumbrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad*um"brate\, v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.] 1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. --L. Taylor. 2. To overshadow; to shade.

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