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Prefiguration definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREFIGURA'TION, n. Antecedent representation by similitude.
A variety of prophecies and prefigurations had their punctual accomplishment in the author of this institution.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
2: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand [syn: prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of prefiguring ; the state of being prefigured 2. something that prefigures • prefigurative adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Prefiguration Pre*fig`u*ra"tion, n. [L. praefiguratio.] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. --Norris.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Type, foreshadowing, adumbration.

Moby Thesaurus

actuarial prediction, adumbration, apocalypse, augury, auspice, betokening, betokenment, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foresight, foretelling, foretoken, foretokening, guesswork, improbability, indicant, indication, omen, portent, prediction, prefigurement, prefiguring, preindication, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presaging, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, probability, prognosis, prognostic, prognostication, promise, prophecy, prophesying, prospectus, shadow, sign, soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, token, tokening, type, vaticination