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prefigurate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /pɹiːˈfɪɡəɹeɪt/
• /pɹiːˈfɪɡjʊɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin praefiguratus. Equivalent to pre- + figurate.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To prefigure.
   • This Mathuſalah or Mathuſalem, as the holy ſcripture ſayth, was of longeſt lyfe, and being borne in the viij. generation from Adam did prefigurate the .viij. age of the world, which ſhall be the time of the Reſurrection, which ſhall begin in the laſt day, and neuer after ſhall haue ende. 1569, Richard Grafton, “The First Age, and First Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 7:

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