'Prefiguring' definitions:
Definition of 'Prefiguring'
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]