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prefigure vt. 预示,预见,预想 预示,预见,预想 prefigure v 1: imagine or consider beforehand; " It wasn' t as bad as I had prefigured" 2: indicate by signs; " These signs bode bad news" [ synonym: { bode}, { portend}, { auspicate}, { prognosticate}, { omen}, { presage}, { betoken}, { foreshadow}, { augur}, { foretell}, { prefigure}, { forecast}, { predict}] 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] 100 Moby Thesaurus words for " prefigure": adumbrate, assume, augur, be afraid, believe, betoken, body forth, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, conceive, conclude, consider, daresay, deduce, deem, demonstrate, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, dream, embody, exemplify, expect, fancy, feel, figure, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, fortune- tell, gather, grant, guess, hariolate, hint, illustrate, image, imagine, impersonate, incarnate, indicate, infer, let, let be, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, mean, mirror, opine, personate, personify, point to, predict, preindicate, presage, presign, presignal, presignify, presume, presuppose, presurmise, pretypify, prognosticate, project, prophesy, provisionally accept, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, realize, reckon, reflect, repute, say, shadow, shadow forth, signify, soothsay, speculate, spell, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, tell fortunes, tell the future, think, token, typify, understand, vaticinate
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- PREFIGURE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PREFIGURE is to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness How to use prefigure in a sentence
- PREFIGURE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
PREFIGURE definition: to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow See examples of prefigure used in a sentence
- PREFIGURE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PREFIGURE definition: 1 to show or suggest that something will happen in the future: 2 to show or suggest that… Learn more
- Prefigure - definition of prefigure by The Free Dictionary
prefigure (priːˈfɪɡə) or prefigurate vb (tr) 1 to represent or suggest in advance 2 to imagine or consider beforehand
- prefigure verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of prefigure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- PREFIGURE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
2 meanings: 1 to represent or suggest in advance 2 to imagine or consider beforehand Click for more definitions
- prefigure, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb prefigure, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- Prefigure - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Something that is a sign of things to come can be said to prefigure the future thing — and usually not in a good way
- Prefigure Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
Prefigure definition: To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow
- prefigure - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun prefigure (plural prefigures) That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger
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