adumbrated

 [a-duhm-breyt, ad-uhm-breyt]  

ad·um·brate

   [a-duhm-breyt, ad-uhm-breyt]
verb (used with object), ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·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; < Latin adumbrātus shaded (past participle of adumbrāre), equivalent to ad- ad- + umbr(a) shade, shadow + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
ad·um·bra·tion, noun
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