From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F.
pr['e]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before
+ figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.]
To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and
similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types
prefigured." --South.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefigure
v 1: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had
prefigured"
2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
{portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage},
{betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure},
{forecast}, {predict}]
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