prefigure
to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
to picture or represent to oneself beforehand; imagine.
Origin of prefigure
1Other words from prefigure
- pre·fig·ur·a·tive [pree-fig-yer-uh-tiv], /priˈfɪg yər ə tɪv/, adjective
- pre·fig·ur·a·tive·ly, adverb
- pre·fig·ur·a·tive·ness, noun
- pre·fig·ure·ment, noun
- un·pre·fig·ured, adjective
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How to use prefigure in a sentence
In another dedicatory hymn Adam gives the prefigurative meaning of the parts of Solomons temple.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorFor them, the numbers used in Scripture had prefigurative significance.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorAt that time Mithridates is said to have had a dream prefigurative of what was to befall him.
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch | Plutarch
British Dictionary definitions for prefigure
/ (priːˈfɪɡə) /
to represent or suggest in advance
to imagine or consider beforehand
Derived forms of prefigure
- prefigurement, noun
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