English-Thai Dictionary

prefigure

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREFIGURE

v.t.[L. proe, before, and figuro, to fashion. ] To exhibit by antecedent representation, or by types and similitude.
In the Old Testament, things are prefigured, which are performed in the New.

 

PREFIGURED

pp. Exhibited by antecedent signs, types or similitude.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREFIGURE

Pre *fig "ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefigured; p. pr. & vb. n.Prefiguring. ] Etym: [F. préfigurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate. ]

 

Defn: To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types prefigured. " South.

 

PREFIGUREMENT

PREFIGUREMENT Pre *fig "ure *ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured. Carlyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prefigure

pre fig ure |prēˈfigyər priˈfɪɡjər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 be an early indication or version of (something ): the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation. 2 archaic imagine beforehand: she had prefigured her small pilgrimage as made in solitude. DERIVATIVES pre fig u ra tion |prēˌfigyəˈrāSHən |noun, pre fig ur a tive |prēˈfigyərətiv |adjective, pre fig ure ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare ‘represent beforehand, ’ from prae ‘before ’ + figurare ‘to form, fashion. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

prefigure

pre |fig ¦ure |priːˈfɪgə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 be an early indication or version of (something ): the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation. 2 archaic imagine beforehand: I lay awake, prefiguring the future. DERIVATIVES prefiguration |-ˈreɪʃ (ə )n |noun, prefigurative |-rətɪv |adjective, prefigurement noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare ‘represent beforehand ’, from prae ‘before ’ + figurare ‘to form, fashion ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prefigure

prefigure verb his work prefigures that of the magic realists: foreshadow, presage, be a harbinger of, herald; literary foretoken.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prefigure

prefigure verb his work prefigures that of the magic realists: foreshadow, be an early indication of, presage, be a presage of, be a harbinger of, herald, suggest, indicate, point to; literary foretoken.

 

French Dictionary

préfigurer

préfigurer v. tr. verbe transitif Annoncer, présenter les caractères d ’une chose future. : Cette greffe de cellules-souches pour guérir la maladie de Parkinson préfigure la médecine de la prochaine décennie. SYNONYME annoncer ; présager . aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prefigure

pre fig ure /priːfɪ́ɡjə r |-ɡə /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈出来事 〉の (象徴的な )予兆となる ; …を前もって (形で )表す .pre fig u ra tion /priːfɪ̀ɡjəréɪʃ (ə )n |-ɡə -/名詞