to represent or suggest (something) in advance; to foreshadow (something)
to picture or imagine (something) beforehand; to foresee (something)
prefiguration /-ʹraysh(ə)n/ noun
prefigurative /-rətiv/ adj
prefigurement noun
[Middle English prefiguren from late Latin praefigurare, from prae- + figurare to shape, picture, from figura: see figure1]