Pre‐fig″ure (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prefigured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prefiguring.] [F. préfigurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate.] To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. “Whom all the various types prefigured.” South.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.