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Prefigure

Prefigure Meaning & Definition
Prefigure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prefigure?

[v] indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
[v] imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Prefigure: augur | auspicate | betoken | bode | forecast | foreshadow | foretell | omen | portend | predict | presage | prognosticate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Prefigure:

See Also | bespeak | conceive of | envisage | foreshow | ideate | imagine | indicate | point | signal | threaten

Prefigure In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F. pr['e]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.] To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. ``Whom all the various types prefigured.'' --South.

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