About The Word Prefigure
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Prefigure
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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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