Qué (quién) es Prefigure - definición

prefigure

¦ verb

1. be an early indication or version of.

2. archaic imagine beforehand.

Derivatives

prefiguration noun

prefigurative adjective

prefigurement noun

Origin

ME: from eccles. L. praefigurare 'represent beforehand', from prae 'before' + figurare 'to form, fashion'.

Prefigure

·vt To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to Foreshadow.

prefigure

v. a.

Foreshow, foretoken, betoken, foreshadow, portend, signify, indicate.

Ejemplos de pronunciación para Prefigure

1. like polar bears, whales, that prefigure

Geopolitics - A Very Short Introduction _ Klaus Dodds _ Talks at Google

2. in history, the workplace that really prefigures

Cubed - A Secret History of the Workplace _ Nikil Saval _ Talks at Google

Ejemplos de uso de Prefigure

1. A brilliant allegory of watching and looking, of society as spectacle, it seems to prefigure Las Meninas two decades in advance.

2. But at least my G–Wiz car makes me greener than David Cameron, says Alan Rusbridger Tuesday April 25, 2006 The Guardian My guess is that all London cyclists occasionally prefigure the moment of their death.

3. Pretoria‘s pledge to shoulder about half of Zimbabwe‘s arrears would come with "economic and political conditions", the official added, and could prefigure further aid to help rehouse those evicted in Zimbabwe and assist the country‘s struggling agriculture.