PREFIGURATE
Pre*fig"u*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. praefiguratus, p. p. See Prefigure.]
Defn: To prefigure. [R.] Grafton.
PREFIGURATION
Pre*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. praefiguratio.]
Defn: The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris.
PREFIGURATIVE
Pre*fig"ur*a*tive, a.
Defn: Showing by prefiguration. "The prefigurative atonement." Bp.
Horne.
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
Pre*fig"ure*ment, n.
Defn: The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured. Carlyle.