PREFIGURE


Meaning of PREFIGURE in English

— prefigurative /pree fig"yeuhr euh tiv/ , adj. — prefiguratively , adv. — prefigurativeness , n. — prefigurement , n.

/pree fig"yeuhr/ , v.t., prefigured, prefiguring .

1. to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.

2. to picture or represent to oneself beforehand; imagine.

[ 1400-50; late ME praefigurare. See PRE-, FIGURE (v.) ]

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