transitive verb prefigured, prefiguring
Origin: ME prefiguren < LL(Ec) praefigurare < L prae-, pre- + figurare, to fashion: see figure
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transitive verb pre·fig·ured, pre·fig·ur·ing, pre·fig·ures
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Origin: Middle English prefiguren
Origin: , from Old French prefigurer
Origin: , from Late Latin praefigūrāre
Origin: : Latin prae-, pre-
Origin: + Latin figūrāre, to shape (from figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots)
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