adumbration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adumbration	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adumbration n the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand Synonym(s): prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adumbration \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.] 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. 2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley. 3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.