prefigure

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verb

1. imagine or consider beforehand
- It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured
• Derivationally related forms:
prefiguration
• Hypernyms:
imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
• Syn:
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell,
forecast, predict
• Derivationally related forms:
predictive (for: predict), forecast (for: forecast), prefigurative, augur (for: augur), foreshadowing (for: foreshadow), presage (for: presage), omen (for: omen), prognostication (for: prognosticate), prognosis (for: prognosticate), auspice (for: auspicate), portent (for: portend)
• Hypernyms:
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
• Hyponyms:
threaten, foreshow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something