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prefigure (encz) | prefigure,předznamenat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Prefigure (gcide) | 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.
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prefigure (wn) | 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" [syn: bode,
portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
forecast, predict] |
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prefigured (encz) | prefigured, |
Prefigure (gcide) | 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.
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Prefigured (gcide) | 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.
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Prefigurement (gcide) | Prefigurement \Pre*fig"ure*ment\, n.
The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is
prefigured. --Carlyle.
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