prefigure
verbEtymology
From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).
- derived from praefigurare
- inherited from prefiguren
Definitions
To show or suggest ahead of time
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
- Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures.
To predict or foresee.
That which prefigures or appears to predict
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.
- In his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.
The neighborhood
- synonympresage
- synonymportend
- synonymforereckon
- synonymforeshadow
- synonymannounce
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at prefigure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at prefigure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at prefigure
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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