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prefigure |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prefigure \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prefigure v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {forecast}, {predict}]
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