'Prefigure' definitions:

Definition of 'prefigure'

From: WordNet
verb
Imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
verb
Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

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'

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