prefigurative

pre·fig·ure

P0520600 (prē-fĭg′yər)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.

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[Middle English prefiguren, from Old French prefigurer, from Late Latin praefigūrāre : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin figūrāre, to shape (from figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).]

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pre·fig′ur·a·tive (-fĭg′yər-ə-tĭv) adj.pre·fig′ur·a·tive·ly adv.pre·fig′ure·ment n.

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prefigurative - indistinctly prophetic adumbrative, foreshadowingprophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"