prefiguringn.

Brit.

/priːˈfɪɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/priˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/

Forms: see prefigure v. and -ing suffix¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prefigure v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < prefigure v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier prefiguration n.

The action of prefigure v.; an instance of this; an early indication or version, a foreshadowing.

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1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 204 Lette Moyses haue hys due estymation vnder Christe, and hys especiall prefiguryng of Chryste also.

1666 T. Watson Godly Mans Picture 91 The holy Oyl of Consecration, was nothing else but a prefiguring of the spirit.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xx. 240 The reality of the scene was so much intenser than any of his prefigurings.

1952 V. Taylor Life & Ministry Jesus iv. 38 The presence of prefigurings in biblical revelation is undoubted.

1984 Times 7 Mar. 8/1 The intensity is..part and parcel of a body of artistic/aesthetic convictions which regarded every detail of observed reality as a type of something beyond, a symbol or a prefiguring.

1990 Bull. Hispanic Stud. 67 428/2 Nor can the advance from Naturalism in the mid-1880s and after be adequately understood as a prefiguring of what happened to the Spanish novel between the 1950s and 1960s.

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

prefiguringadj.

Brit.

/priːˈfɪɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/priˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prefigure v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < prefigure v. + -ing suffix².

That prefigures or foreshadows.

ΚΠ

1597 C. Middleton Famous Hist. Chinon iii. sig. F3 Oboram after a long oration of much prefiguring valour and valiant exploytes by him to bee performed.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 220 The apt type and prefiguring promise of what Christ will be.

1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 294 A prefiguring instinct..of some great secret yet to come.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss III. vi. vi. 77 Maggie herself was ceasing to think, with her eager prefiguring imagination, of her future lot.

1937 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 47 464 The prefiguring essence is thought to confer not only meaning but existence.

1993 New Perspectives Q. (Nexis) 22 June 52 At the other end of the history of the Enlightenment, there was a prefiguring echo of this insight in the mind of Pascal.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prefiguring
释义	prefiguringn. Brit. /priːˈfɪɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/ Forms: see prefigure v. and -ing suffix¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prefigure v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < prefigure v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier prefiguration n. The action of prefigure v.; an instance of this; an early indication or version, a foreshadowing. ΚΠ 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 204 Lette Moyses haue hys due estymation vnder Christe, and hys especiall prefiguryng of Chryste also. 1666 T. Watson Godly Mans Picture 91 The holy Oyl of Consecration, was nothing else but a prefiguring of the spirit. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xx. 240 The reality of the scene was so much intenser than any of his prefigurings. 1952 V. Taylor Life & Ministry Jesus iv. 38 The presence of prefigurings in biblical revelation is undoubted. 1984 Times 7 Mar. 8/1 The intensity is..part and parcel of a body of artistic/aesthetic convictions which regarded every detail of observed reality as a type of something beyond, a symbol or a prefiguring. 1990 Bull. Hispanic Stud. 67 428/2 Nor can the advance from Naturalism in the mid-1880s and after be adequately understood as a prefiguring of what happened to the Spanish novel between the 1950s and 1960s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prefiguringadj. Brit. /priːˈfɪɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prefigure v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < prefigure v. + -ing suffix². That prefigures or foreshadows. ΚΠ 1597 C. Middleton Famous Hist. Chinon iii. sig. F3 Oboram after a long oration of much prefiguring valour and valiant exploytes by him to bee performed. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 220 The apt type and prefiguring promise of what Christ will be. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 294 A prefiguring instinct..of some great secret yet to come. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss III. vi. vi. 77 Maggie herself was ceasing to think, with her eager prefiguring imagination, of her future lot. 1937 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 47 464 The prefiguring essence is thought to confer not only meaning but existence. 1993 New Perspectives Q. (Nexis) 22 June 52 At the other end of the history of the Enlightenment, there was a prefiguring echo of this insight in the mind of Pascal. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573adj.1597
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