PREFIGURE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • indicate by signs
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • These signs bode bad news
    Hypernyms(s) prefigure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • imagine or consider beforehand
    Usage Example(s)
    • It wasn”t as bad as I had prefigured
    Hypernyms(s) prefigure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)