PREFIGURE


Meaning of PREFIGURE in English

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praefigurare, from Latin prae- pre- + figurare to shape, picture, from figura figure Date: 15th century to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness, to picture or imagine beforehand ; foresee , ~ment noun

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