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Prefigure

//pɹiːfɪɡjɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.

    "Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures."

  2. 2
    indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
  3. 3
    To predict or foresee.
  4. 4
    imagine or consider beforehand wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).

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