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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley