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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.
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Adumbration
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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adumbration
1530s, from L. adumbrationem (nom. adumbratio) "a sketch in shadow, sketch, outline," from adumbratus, pp. of adumbrare "to cast a shadow, overshadow, represent (a thing) in outline," from ad- "to" + umbrare "to cast in shadow," from PIE *andho- "blind, dark" (see umbrage).
EXPANDadumbrate
"to outline, to sketch," 1580s, from L. adumbrat-, pp. stem of adumbrare "to cast a shadow," also "to represent (a thing) in outline" (see adumbration).
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