PREFIGURE
\pɹɪfˈɪɡə], \pɹɪfˈɪɡə], \p_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə]\
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To show or declare beforehand by a type or symbol; to imagine to oneself beforehand.
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Prefiguration.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To figure beforehand: to suggest by antecedent representation or by types.
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PREFIGUREMENT, PREFIGURATION.
By Daniel Lyons
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Platidiam
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