Associations to the word «Prefigure»

Wiktionary

PREFIGURE, verb. To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context)
PREFIGURE, verb. To predict or foresee

Dictionary definition

PREFIGURE, verb. Imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured".
PREFIGURE, verb. Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news".

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams