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prefigure, v.|priːˈfɪgjʊə(r), -gə(r)|
[ad. late L. præfigūr-āre (Cyprian a 250): see pre- A. 1 and figure v. So F. préfigurer (13th c. in Godef.).]
1. trans. To represent beforehand by a figure or type.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 1841 Cristis supere was prefigurid als in the lambe paschale. 1560Becon New Catech. Wks. I. 478 b, As Melchisedech brought forthe bread and wine prefiguring him. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 264 The Jews Baptisme prefigured our spiritual washing. a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks 1721 I. 83 Moses prefigur'd Bliss in Types enclos'd. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion Argt. 9 The end of all things being prefigured in their beginnings.
2. To figure or picture to oneself beforehand.
1626T. H. Caussin's Holy Crt. 24 Prefigure in your mind, that so many men..are so many messengers of God. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1778) I. 153 (Paris) My first sensations..were far from being so flattering as I had prefigured them. 1867Howells Ital. Journ. 232 He was not at all a fat priest, as I had prefigured him.
†3. To shape or fashion in front. Obs. rare.
1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. 52 A wel proportioned knight..whose head piece was prefigured lyke flowers growing in a narrowe pot.
Hence preˈfigured, preˈfiguring ppl. adjs.
1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 55 Calling the supper a true sacrament of that true and prefigured Passeouer. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 116 The apt type and prefiguring promise of what Christ will be. 1853De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. I. 292 A prefiguring instinct..of some great secret yet to come. |