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—adumbratively, adv./a dum"breuh tiv, ad"euhm bray'tiv/, adj.foreshadowing; sketchy; faintly indicative.[1830-40; ADUMBRATE + -IVE]
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Adumbrative — Ad*um bra*tive, a. Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adumbrative — I adjective bleary, blurry, cloudy, dim, foggy, hazy, ill defined, indefinite, indistinguishable, misty, nebulous, obscure, reflexive, shadowy, shrouded, uncertain, unclear, unknown, unspecified, vague II index representative Burton s Legal… … Law dictionary
adumbrative — adjective see adumbrate … New Collegiate Dictionary
adumbrative — adjective Of or pertaining to adumbration … Wiktionary
adumbrative — adj. foreshadowing; symbolizing; indicative … English contemporary dictionary
adumbrative — adum·bra·tive … English syllables
adumbrative — /əˈdʌmbrətɪv/ (say uh dumbruhtiv) adjective shadowing forth; indicative. –adumbratively, adverb …
adumbrative — adjective indistinctly prophetic • Syn: ↑foreshadowing, ↑prefigurative • Similar to: ↑prophetic, ↑prophetical • Derivationally related forms: ↑prefigure ( … Useful english dictionary
adumbrate — transitive verb ( brated; brating) Etymology: Latin adumbratus, past participle of adumbrare, from ad + umbra shadow more at umbrage Date: 1581 1. to foreshadow vaguely ; intimate 2. to sugge … New Collegiate Dictionary
representative — rep·re·sen·ta·tive 1 adj 1: serving to represent 2 a: standing or acting for another esp. through delegated authority an agent acting in a representative capacity b: of, based on, or constituting a government in which the people are represented… … Law dictionary
