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prefigure

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Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Late Latin praefigurare "to prefigure," from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Related: Prefigured; prefiguring.

Example Sentences for prefigure

The twilight seemed to prefigure the fading of the human race.

And now that she could begin to sit up it did prefigure recovery.

We must see him through some lenses—we must prefigure his immortality.

If Manuel had overheard, it was comparatively easy to prefigure his next step.

Does it not prefigure the wayward and fantastic progress of a storm-tossed life?

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Synonyms for prefigure

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foreshadow
foretell
presage
typify
adumbrate
imagine
indicate
suggest
symbolize
type

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copies

verb. imitate

act like
ape
burlesque
do
do a take-off
do like
echo
embody
emulate
epitomize
fake
follow
follow example
follow suit
go like
illustrate
incarnate
knock off
make like
mimic
mirror
mock
model
parody
parrot
personify
phony
pirate
play a role
prefigure
repeat
sham
simulate
steal
take leaf out of book
take off
travesty
typify

copy

verb. imitate

act like
ape
burlesque
do
do a take-off
do like
echo
embody
emulate
epitomize
fake
follow
follow example
follow suit
go like
illustrate
incarnate
knock off
make like
mimic
mirror
mock
model
parody
parrot
personify
phony
pirate
play a role
prefigure
repeat
sham
simulate
steal
take leaf out of book
take off
travesty
typify

copying

verb. imitate

act like
ape
burlesque
do
do a take-off
do like
echo
embody
emulate
epitomize
fake
follow
follow example
follow suit
go like
illustrate
incarnate
knock off
make like
mimic
mirror
mock
model
parody
parrot
personify
phony
pirate
play a role
prefigure
repeat
sham
simulate
steal
take leaf out of book
take off
travesty
typify

foreshadow

verb. indicate

adumbrate
augur
be in the wind
betoken
bode
forebode
foretell
hint
imply
omen
portend
predict
prefigure
presage
promise
prophesy
shadow
signal
suggest
telegraph

foreshadowed

verb. indicate

adumbrate
augur
be in the wind
betoken
bode
forebode
foretell
hint
imply
omen
portend
predict
prefigure
presage
promise
prophesy
shadow
signal
suggest
telegraph

foreshadowing

verb. indicate

adumbrate
augur
be in the wind
betoken
bode
forebode
foretell
hint
imply
omen
portend
predict
prefigure
presage
promise
prophesy
shadow
signal
suggest
telegraph

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copying

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foreshadowed

foreshadowing

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