Adumbrate

['ædʌmbreɪt] or ['ædəmbret]

Definition

(v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

(v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Shadow, foreshadow, shadow out, shadow forth.[2]. Typify, represent, symbolize, show, denote, stand for.

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Definition

v.t. to give a faint shadow of: to exhibit imperfectly.—adjs. Adum′brant Adum′brative adumbrating or giving a faint shadow.—n. Adumbrā′tion.

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