prefigurev.

Brit.

/priːˈfɪɡə/, U.S.

/priˈfɪɡjər/

Forms: late Middle English– prefigure, 1600s prefigurd (past participle); Scottish pre-1700 praefigure, pre-1700 1700s– prefigure.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prefigurer; Latin praefigurare.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prefigurer to foreshadow (c1225 in Old French; French préfigurer ) and its etymon post-classical Latin praefigurare to represent beforehand (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), to be an omen of, portend (from c1000 in British sources) < classical Latin prae- pre- prefix + figūrāre figure v. Compare Spanish prefigurar (late 14th cent.), Italian prefigurare (c1260).

1. transitive. To be an early indication or version of; to foreshadow; (Theology) to represent beforehand by a figure or type.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)]

forecomea1300

to say beforec1384

signifyc1384

pretendc1425

prefigurec1429

preostendc1429

prefigurate1530

adumbrate1537

promise1556

premonstrate1562

foresignify1565

presignify1570

shadow1574

foreshadow1577

presage1583

fore-run1590

presign1590

fore-read1591

figure1595

type forth, out1596

fore-point1601

foreshow1601

prophesy1608

foretella1616

foretypea1618

forebode1656

harbingera1657

pretypify1658

pretype1659

forespeak1667

to figure out1721

forecast1883

favour1887

precourse1888

precursea1892

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 155 Ysay this crucifixioune also prefigured, Wham Manasses with a sawe of tree slew and departid.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 41 (MED) This feste in many places of scriptures was prefigured, prophecied, and forschewid, for in the Olde Testament speketh Ysay of the concepcioun of oure lady.

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 478 b As Melchisedech brought forthe bread and wine prefiguring him.

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. N2 Death still prefigur'd in his fearefull dreames, Of raging Feinds, and Goblins that he meets.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I2^v A matter reuealed and prefigured vnto Domitian in a Dreame.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 264 The Jews Baptisme prefigured our spiritual washing.

a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 83 Moses prefigur'd Bliss in Types enclos'd.

1790 J. S. Murray On Equality of Sexes in Mass. Mag. Apr. 225/2 Confiding faith is prefigured by Abraham.

1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 89/2 Hardships too vaguely prefigured, which mark the Egyptian expedition of Cambyses.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion Argt. 9 The end of all things being prefigured in their beginnings.

1904 H. Adams Mont-Saint-Michel & Chartres v. 73 A Queen of Sheba, who, as spouse of Solomon, typified the Church, and therefore prefigured Mary herself.

1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime iii. 59 These prefigured the early photoplay interpretation of the nickelodeon pianos.

1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 187 It prefigured central heating by heating a room as well as sending warm air through a flue to the room above.

1999 A. Weston tr. P. Boitani Bible & its Rewritings ii. 71 She stands at the beginning of human time, prefigured by Eve.

†2. transitive. To shape or form at the front. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. J A well proportioned knight..whose head piece was prefigured lyke flowers growing in a narrowe pot.

3. transitive. To imagine beforehand. Now literary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > beforehand

foreconceive1556

preconceive1559

pre-imagine?1610

prefigure1626

preconceit1698

1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. i. 24 Prefigure [Fr. si vous figurez] in your mind, that so many men..are so many messengers of God.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 153 My first sensations..were far from being so flattering as I had prefigured them.

1798 C. B. Brown Wieland i. 11 His imagination did not prefigure the mode or the time of his decease, but was fraught with an incurable persuasion that his death was at hand.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 56 There is no truer-hearted—ah, you seem All he prefigured.

1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 232 He was not at all a fat priest, as I had prefigured him.

1874 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch viii. lxxxiv. 608 She had prefigured to herself, even with exaggeration, the disgust of her friends, and she had even feared that Celia might be kept aloof from her.

1914 Times 28 Apr. 11/3 In an Amazonian community..like that prefigured in Lytton's ‘Coming Race’, the meal-times..would at once be altered to suit women, the rulers.

1988 M. Spark Far Cry from Kensington i. 5 At night I lay awake looking at the darkness, listening to the silence, prefiguring the future.

Derivatives

preˈfigured adj.

ΚΠ

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 55 Calling the supper a true sacrament of that true and prefigured Passeouer.

1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 35 Transferring all things represented by the Type, in, and upon the prefigured Veritie.

1822 C. Lloyd Duke d'Ormond v. ii. 256 What was meant by her prefigured death!

1992 S. Heilman Defenders of Faith xiii. 220 One might call this ‘patterned thinking’, a mind set by cultural norms that went along prefigured lines of review and repetition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prefigure
释义	prefigurev. Brit. /priːˈfɪɡə/, U.S. /priˈfɪɡjər/ Forms: late Middle English– prefigure, 1600s prefigurd (past participle); Scottish pre-1700 praefigure, pre-1700 1700s– prefigure. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prefigurer; Latin praefigurare. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prefigurer to foreshadow (c1225 in Old French; French préfigurer ) and its etymon post-classical Latin praefigurare to represent beforehand (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), to be an omen of, portend (from c1000 in British sources) < classical Latin prae- pre- prefix + figūrāre figure v. Compare Spanish prefigurar (late 14th cent.), Italian prefigurare (c1260). 1. transitive. To be an early indication or version of; to foreshadow; (Theology) to represent beforehand by a figure or type. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 to say beforec1384 signifyc1384 pretendc1425 prefigurec1429 preostendc1429 prefigurate1530 prefigurate1530 adumbrate1537 promise1556 premonstrate1562 foresignify1565 presignify1570 shadow1574 foreshadow1577 presage1583 fore-run1590 presign1590 fore-read1591 figure1595 type forth, out1596 fore-point1601 foreshow1601 prophesy1608 foretella1616 foretypea1618 forebode1656 harbingera1657 pretypify1658 pretype1659 forespeak1667 to figure out1721 forecast1883 favour1887 precourse1888 precursea1892 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 155 Ysay this crucifixioune also prefigured, Wham Manasses with a sawe of tree slew and departid. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 41 (MED) This feste in many places of scriptures was prefigured, prophecied, and forschewid, for in the Olde Testament speketh Ysay of the concepcioun of oure lady. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 478 b As Melchisedech brought forthe bread and wine prefiguring him. 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. N2 Death still prefigur'd in his fearefull dreames, Of raging Feinds, and Goblins that he meets. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I2^v A matter reuealed and prefigured vnto Domitian in a Dreame. View more context for this quotation 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 264 The Jews Baptisme prefigured our spiritual washing. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 83 Moses prefigur'd Bliss in Types enclos'd. 1790 J. S. Murray On Equality of Sexes in Mass. Mag. Apr. 225/2 Confiding faith is prefigured by Abraham. 1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 89/2 Hardships too vaguely prefigured, which mark the Egyptian expedition of Cambyses. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion Argt. 9 The end of all things being prefigured in their beginnings. 1904 H. Adams Mont-Saint-Michel & Chartres v. 73 A Queen of Sheba, who, as spouse of Solomon, typified the Church, and therefore prefigured Mary herself. 1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime iii. 59 These prefigured the early photoplay interpretation of the nickelodeon pianos. 1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 187 It prefigured central heating by heating a room as well as sending warm air through a flue to the room above. 1999 A. Weston tr. P. Boitani Bible & its Rewritings ii. 71 She stands at the beginning of human time, prefigured by Eve. †2. transitive. To shape or form at the front. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. J A well proportioned knight..whose head piece was prefigured lyke flowers growing in a narrowe pot. 3. transitive. To imagine beforehand. Now literary. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > beforehand foreconceive1556 preconceive1559 pre-imagine?1610 prefigure1626 preconceit1698 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. i. 24 Prefigure [Fr. si vous figurez] in your mind, that so many men..are so many messengers of God. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 153 My first sensations..were far from being so flattering as I had prefigured them. 1798 C. B. Brown Wieland i. 11 His imagination did not prefigure the mode or the time of his decease, but was fraught with an incurable persuasion that his death was at hand. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 56 There is no truer-hearted—ah, you seem All he prefigured. 1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 232 He was not at all a fat priest, as I had prefigured him. 1874 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch viii. lxxxiv. 608 She had prefigured to herself, even with exaggeration, the disgust of her friends, and she had even feared that Celia might be kept aloof from her. 1914 Times 28 Apr. 11/3 In an Amazonian community..like that prefigured in Lytton's ‘Coming Race’, the meal-times..would at once be altered to suit women, the rulers. 1988 M. Spark Far Cry from Kensington i. 5 At night I lay awake looking at the darkness, listening to the silence, prefiguring the future. Derivatives preˈfigured adj. ΚΠ 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 55 Calling the supper a true sacrament of that true and prefigured Passeouer. 1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 35 Transferring all things represented by the Type, in, and upon the prefigured Veritie. 1822 C. Lloyd Duke d'Ormond v. ii. 256 What was meant by her prefigured death! 1992 S. Heilman Defenders of Faith xiii. 220 One might call this ‘patterned thinking’, a mind set by cultural norms that went along prefigured lines of review and repetition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1429
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