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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adumbrate \Ad*um"brate\, v. t. [L. adumbratus p. p. of adumbrare ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.] 1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. --L. Taylor. 2. To overshadow; to shade. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adumbrate v 1: describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the book" [syn: {sketch}, {outline}] 2: give to understand [syn: {intimate}, {insinuate}]
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