| prefiguration | (n) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come |
| prefiguration | (n) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand, Syn. adumbration, foreshadowing |
| prefigure | (v) imagine or consider beforehand, Example: It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured |
| Prefigurate | v. t. [ L. praefiguratus, p. p. See Prefigure. ] To prefigure. [ R. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prefiguration | n. [ L. praefiguratio. ] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. [ 1913 Webster ] A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prefigurative | a. Showing by prefiguration. “The prefigurative atonement.” Bp. Horne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prefigure | v. t. |
| Prefigurement | n. The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |