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prefigure

[ pree-fig-yer ]

verb (used with object)

prefigured, prefiguring.
  1. to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  2. to picture or represent to oneself beforehand; imagine.


prefigure

/ ːˈɪɡə /

verb

  1. to represent or suggest in advance
  2. to imagine or consider beforehand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈھܰ𳾱Գ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ھ·ܰ··پ [pree-, fig, -yer-, uh, -tiv], adjective
  • ·ھu··پ· adverb
  • ·ھu··پ·Ա noun
  • ·ھu·Գ noun
  • ܲp·ھu adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of prefigure1

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin ھū. See pre-, figure (v.)
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Indeed, the epic “Rock Show” prefigured McCartney’s plans for conquering the rock ‘n’ roll box office.

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That certainly wasn’t the first time a Leonard Cohen song seemed to prefigure events that had not happened, or to capture a global state of mind before it fully coalesced.

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You get some excellent fourth-wall-breaking and a finish that prefigures “Some Like It Hot.”

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They did not expect what this vocabulary prefigured for their lives.

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His Catholic zealotry prefigures present-day Catholic ideologues like Patrick Deneen and Leonard Leo, not to mention their political marionettes Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

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