Prefigure meaning
To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow.
The paintings of Paul Cézanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 1900s.
verb
To imagine or picture to oneself in advance.
verb
To suggest beforehand; be an antecedent figure or type of; foreshadow.
verb
To picture to oneself, or imagine, beforehand.
verb
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Origin of prefigure
- 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
- From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture").
From Wiktionary