prefigure
Use Prefigure in a sentence
yər verb (used with object), pre·fig·ured, pre·fig·ur·ing.
1.
to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
2.
to picture or represent to oneself beforehand; imagine.
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prefigure (priːˈfɪɡə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to represent or suggest in advance |
| 2. | to imagine or consider beforehand |
| pre'figurement | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Many of his stories prefigure the genres of science fiction, horror, and fantasy so popular today.
Further, a release of the photos probably does not prefigure their display on cereal boxes.
But the rating agencies have lost several skirmishes in court that could prefigure disaster for them.
But it did more than prefigure many similar actions almost two decades later.
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