prefigurement
101presage — n 1. presentiment, foreboding, feeling, vague feeling, Inf. funny feeling, Inf. feeling in one s bones, suspicion, Inf. sneaking suspicion, Inf. hunch, intuition; anxiety, misgiving, apprehension, apprehen siveness, boding; dread, fear, ill… …
102prognostic — adj 1. prophetic, predictive, fatidic, vaticinal, presageful, divinatory, sibylline, precursory, diagnostic. n 2. omen, portent, sign, token, foretoken, harbinger; premonition, preindication, forewarning, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall,… …
103sign — n 1. token, representation, signification; indication, mark, index, measurement; trademark, brand, monogram, initials, stamp, badge, emblem, ensign, device, scepter, logotype, Print. logo; slogan, theme song, watchword, password, countersign,… …
104warning — n 1. caution, admonition, monition, advice, counsel; expostulation, remonstration. 2. omen, portent, sign, indication, token, foretoken, harbinger; premonition, preindication, forewarning, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall; augury,… …
105prefigure — /priˈfɪgə/ (say pree figuh) verb (t) (prefigured, prefiguring) 1. to represent beforehand by figure or type; foreshow; foreshadow: *Christian had appeared a model of consideration, a responsible lover whose punctuality had from the start… …
106prefiguration — prefigure ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …
107prefigurative — prefigure ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …
108prefigure — ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …
109prefigure — [prē fig′yər, prē fig′yoor] vt. prefigured, prefiguring [ME prefiguren < LL(Ec) praefigurare < L prae , PRE + figurare, to fashion: see FIGURE] 1. to suggest beforehand; be an antecedent figure or type of; foreshadow 2. to picture to… …
110prefigure — v.tr. 1 represent beforehand by a figure or type. 2 imagine beforehand. Derivatives: prefiguration n. prefigurative adj. prefigurement n. Etymology: ME f. eccl.L praefigurare (as PRAE , FIGURE) …
