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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F. pr[82]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. [bd]Whom all the various types prefigured.[b8] --South. | |
