ADUMBRATES

Verb

adumbrates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate

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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