Category:Prefigure

Pre*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefiguring.] Etym: [f. préfigurer, or l. praefigurare, Praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See figure, and cf. Prefigurate.]

Defn: to show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "whom all the various types prefigured." South.