prefigure
verb (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prefigure | |
he / she / it prefigures | |
past simple prefigured | |
past participle prefigured | |
-ing form prefiguring |
- prefigure something
to suggest or show something that will happen in the future 预示;预兆 These early paintings clearly prefigure his later work. 这些早期的画清楚地预示了他后期的作品。
Word Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare ‘represent beforehand’, from prae ‘before’ + figurare ‘to form, fashion’.