prefigure
verb
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Pronunciation: /pɹiːfɪɡjɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).
- That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
“Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.”
“In his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).
- To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
“Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures.”
- To predict or foresee.