About The Word Adumbration
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Adumbration
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What's The Definition Of Adumbration?
[n] a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
[n] the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand Synonyms | Synonyms for Adumbration: foreshadowing | prefiguration Related Terms | Find terms related to Adumbration: See Also | anticipation | prediction | prevision | representation Adumbration In Webster's Dictionary \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.]
1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or
representation of a thing.
Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley.
3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
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