pre·fig·ure 
(prē-fĭgyər)
(prē-fĭgyər)tr.v. pre·fig·ured, pre·fig·ur·ing, pre·fig·ures
1. 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.
2. Archaic To imagine in advance.
[Middle English prefiguren, from Old French prefigurer, from Late Latin praefigūrāre : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin figūrāre, to shape (from figūra, shape; see dheigh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
pre·figur·a·tive (-fĭgyər-ə-tĭv) adj.
pre·figur·a·tive·ly adv.
pre·figure·ment n.