PREFIGURE

bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”

prefigure

(verb) imagine or consider beforehand; “It wasn’t as bad as I had prefigured”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

prefigure (third-person singular simple present prefigures, present participle prefiguring, simple past and past participle prefigured)

To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context).

To predict or foresee.

Synonyms

• presage

• portend

• forereckon

• foreshadow

• announce

Noun

prefigure (plural prefigures)

That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pre*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefiguring.] Etym: [F. préfigurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate.]

Definition: To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types prefigured." South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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