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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
- [n] the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
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ADUMBRATION is a 11 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | foreshadowing, prefiguration |
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| See Also: | | anticipation, prediction, prevision, representation |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.]
1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or
representation of a thing.
Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley.
3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
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