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ADUMBRATED
Verb
adumbrated
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
Adjective
adumbrated (comparative more adumbrated, superlative most adumbrated)
(comparable) Obscured.
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
Source: Wiktionary
ADUMBRATE
Ad*um"brate, v. t. Etym: [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]
1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.
2. To overshadow; to shade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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