PREFIGURE


Meaning of PREFIGURE in English

v.tr. 1 represent beforehand by a figure or type. 2 imagine beforehand. prefiguration n. prefigurative adj. prefigurement n.

[ ME f. eccl.L praefigurare (as PRAE-, FIGURE) ]

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