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prefigurement

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pre⋅fig⋅ure

  [pree-fig-yer]
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–verb (used with object), -ured, -ur⋅ing.
1. to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
2. to picture or represent to oneself beforehand; imagine.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL praefigūrāre. See pre-, figure (v.)

Related forms:
pre⋅fig⋅ur⋅a⋅tive  [pree-fig-yer-uh-tiv] , adjective
pre⋅fig⋅ur⋅a⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
pre⋅fig⋅ur⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, noun
pre⋅fig⋅ure⋅ment, noun
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pre·fig·ure   (prē-fĭg'yər)   
tr.v.   pre·fig·ured, pre·fig·ur·ing, pre·fig·ures

  1. To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow: The paintings of Paul Cézanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20th century.

  2. To imagine or picture to oneself in advance.


[Middle English prefiguren, from Old French prefigurer, from Late Latin praefigūrāre : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin figūrāre, to shape (from figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).]
pre·fig'ur·a·tive (-fĭg'yər-ə-tĭv) adj., pre·fig'ur·a·tive·ly adv., pre·fig'ure·ment n.
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