Prefigure Definition
prē-fĭgyər
prefigured, prefigures, prefiguring
verb
prefigured, prefigures, prefiguring
To suggest beforehand; be an antecedent figure or type of; foreshadow.
Webster's New World
To picture to oneself, or imagine, beforehand.
Webster's New World
Origin of Prefigure
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Middle English prefiguren from Old French prefigurer from Late Latin praefigūrāre Latin prae- pre- Latin figūrāre to shape (from figūra shape dheigh- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture").
From Wiktionary
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