Definition of Adumbrates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of adumbrate) ¹

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Definition of Adumbrates

1. adumbrate [v] - See also: adumbrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adumbrates

adultized
adultizes
adultizing
adultlike
adultly
adultness
adultnesses
adultomorphism
adultress
adultresses
adultry
adults
adumbral
adumbrate
adumbrated
adumbrates (current term)
adumbrating
adumbration
adumbrations
adumbrative
adumbratively
adunation
adunations
adunc
aduncate
aduncity
aduncous
adunque
adust
adusted

Literary usage of Adumbrates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"... adumbrates only a portion of the PIPS; this portion is referred to as the ... which adumbrates the grammar of ..."

2. The Classical Journal (1821)
"It may also be said, that by the Greeks and Trojans, Homer adumbrates the twofold ... And that he also adumbrates through these, the powers of an opposite ..."

3. Studies in Modern Church History by Justin Almerin Smith (1887)
"Now, just as the natural in the universe there adumbrates s to speak, the spiritual, the literal meaning of the scripture adumbrates the spiritual meaning. ..."

4. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"Whatever God promises and adumbrates in signs, therefore, he really performs; and the signs are not without their effect, to prove the veracity and fidelity ..."

5. Proceedings by National Speech Arts Association (1893)
"Its source is that mysterious centre from which adumbrates the circle of infinity. It permeates the inmost spirit, and leaves its impress upon the face and ..."

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