'Prefigure' definitions:
Definition of 'prefigure'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Prefigure'
From: GCIDE
- Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefiguring.] [F. pr['e]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate.] To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types prefigured." --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prefigure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbrate,
- assume,
- augur,
- be afraid,
- believe,
- betoken,
- body forth,
- cast a horoscope,
- cast a nativity,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- consider,
- daresay,
- deduce,
- deem,
- demonstrate,
- divine,
- dope,
- dope out,
- dowse for water,
- dream,
- embody,
- exemplify,
- expect,
- fancy,
- feel,
- figure,
- forebode,
- forecast,
- foresee,
- foreshadow,
- foretell,
- foretoken,
- fortune-tell,
- gather,
- grant,
- guess,
- hariolate,
- hint,
- illustrate,
- image,
- imagine,
- impersonate,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- infer,
- let,
- let be,
- make a prediction,
- make a prognosis,
- make a prophecy,
- mean,
- mirror,
- opine,
- personate,
- personify,
- point to,
- predict,
- preindicate,
- presage,
- presign,
- presignal,
- presignify,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- pretypify,
- prognosticate,
- project,
- prophesy,
- provisionally accept,
- read palms,
- read tea leaves,
- read the future,
- realize,
- reckon,
- reflect,
- repute,
- say,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- signify,
- soothsay,
- speculate,
- spell,
- suppose,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- take,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take it,
- take to be,
- tell fortunes,
- tell the future,
- think,
- token,
- typify,
- understand,
- vaticinate