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Adumbration

Adumbration Meaning & Definition
Adumbration Definition And Meaning

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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