Dictionary entry

Adumbrate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ad‐um″brate (�), v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]

1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated.

L. Taylor.

2. To overshadow; to shade.