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Definition of Prefigure
1. Verb. Imagine or consider beforehand. "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
Derivative terms: Prefiguration, Prefiguration
2. Verb. Indicate by signs. "These signs bode bad news"
Specialized synonyms: Threaten, Foreshow
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Betoken, Indicate, Point, Signal
Derivative terms: Augur, Auspice, Forecast, Foreshadowing, Omen, Portent, Predictive, Prefigurative, Presage, Prognosis, Prognostication
Definition of Prefigure
1. v. t. To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.
Definition of Prefigure
1. Verb. To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand ¹
2. Verb. To predict or foresee ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prefigure
1. [v -URED, -URING, -URES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prefigure
Literary usage of Prefigure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Witness of Hermas to the Four Gospels by Charles Taylor (1892)
"force of the beast, its horned head, and its prefigure- ment of persecution all
point to imperial Rome. Chap. iv. 6 Jesus therefore, being wearied with his ..."
2. On the Atonement and Intercession of Jesus Christ / by William Symington by William Symington (1836)
"It is, thus, incumbent on us, in the prosecution of our argument, to show that
the Jewish sacrifices were designed to prefigure Christ, and were actually ..."
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