Meaning of PREFIGURE
| Pronunciation: | | pree'figur
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- [v] indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
- [v] imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
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| | Synonyms: | | augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate |
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| | See Also: | | bespeak, conceive of, envisage, foreshow, ideate, imagine, indicate, point, signal, threaten | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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