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Adumbration
(gcide) | Adumbration \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.]
1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
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2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or
representation of a thing.
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Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley.
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3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
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adumbration
(wn) | adumbration
n 1: the act of providing vague advance indications;
representing beforehand [syn: prefiguration,
foreshadowing, adumbration]
2: a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation |
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Adumbration
(gcide) | Adumbration \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.]
1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
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2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or
representation of a thing.
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Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley.
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3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
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