Prefigure

[priː'fɪgə] or [pri'fɪɡjʊr]

Definition

(verb.) imagine or consider beforehand; 'It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.

Editor: Patrick

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Foreshow, betoken, foreshadow, portend, signify, indicate.

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Definition

v.t. to represent beforehand: to suggest by former types or figures.—ns. Prefigurā′tion Prefig′urement.—adj. Prefig′urātive showing by previous figures types or similitudes.

Checker: Noelle