Sekirov Dictionary

prefigure

/pɹiːfɪɡjɚ/

verb 2
noun 1
forms 4

verb2

•
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
- Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures. — 2018
To predict or foresee.

noun1

•
That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
- Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke. — 2005

forms

prefigured · prefiguring · prefigures · prefigureth

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