Meaning of ADUMBRATE
| Pronunciation: | | ad'umbreyt
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- [v] give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
- [v] describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the book"
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| | Synonyms: | | insinuate, intimate, outline, sketch |
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| | See Also: | | block out, depict, describe, draw, hint, suggest | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | allude to, argue, augur, auspicate, becloud, bedim, bespeak, betoken, block out, bode, body forth, call, chalk out, characterize, cloud, darken, demonstrate, denote, dim, draft, drop a hint, embody, exemplify, figure, fog, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, give a hint, give the cue, glance at, gloom, have a hunch, have an intimation, hint, hint at, illustrate, image, impersonate, imply, incarnate, indicate, insinuate, intimate, lower, mean, menace, mirror, mist, murk, obfuscate, omen, outline, overcast, personate, personify, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, pretypify, prognosticate, project, prompt, prophesy, realize, reflect, rough out, shadow, shadow forth, signify, skeleton, suggest, symbolize, threaten, typify, vaticinate |
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