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preˈfigurement [f. prec. + -ment.] The action or fact of prefiguring; representation beforehand by a figure or type; the embodiment of this.
1843Tait's Mag. X. 250 No faint prefigurement of the modern steam-engine. a1859De Quincey Posth. Wks. (1891) I. 16 In my dreams were often prefigurements of my future. 1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. xv. 336 The prefigurement of the formation of nerves in animals. |