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ad·um·brate    Audio Help   [a-duhm-breyt, ad-uhm-breyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -brat·ed, -brat·ing.
1.to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
2.to foreshadow; prefigure.
3.to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.

[Origin: 1575–85; < L adumbrātus shaded (ptp. of adumbrāre), equiv. to ad- ad- + umbr(a) shade, shadow + -ātus -ate1]

ad·um·bra·tion, noun
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ad·um·brate    Audio Help   (ād'əm-brāt', ə-dŭm'-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing, ad·um·brates
  1. To give a sketchy outline of.
  2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
  3. To disclose partially or guardedly.
  4. To overshadow; shadow or obscure.


[Latin adumbrāre, adumbrāt-, to represent in outline : ad-, ad- + umbra, shadow.]

ad'um·bra'tion n., ad·um'bra·tive (ə-dŭm'brə-tĭv) adj., ad·um'bra·tive·ly adv.
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adumbrate

verb
1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" [syn: sketch
2. give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate

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Adumbrate

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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