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prefigurate

/pɹiːˈfɪɡəɹeɪt/

prefigurate verb: to prefigure.

Verb

prefigurate (third-person singular simple present prefigurates, present participle prefigurating, simple past and past participle prefigurated)

  1. (transitive) To prefigure.
    • This Mathuſalah or Mathuſalem, as the holy ſcripture ſayth, was of longeſt lyfe, and being borne in the viij. generation from Adam did prefigurate the .viij. age of the world, which ſhall be the time of the Reſurrection, which ſhall begin in the laſt day, and neuer after ſhall haue ende.1569, Richard Grafton, “The First Age, and First Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for...

Forms of prefigurate

third-person singular presentprefigurates
present participleprefigurating
past participleprefigurated
pastprefigurated

Origin of prefigurate

From Latin praefiguratus. Equivalent to pre- + figurate.

Questions about prefigurate

What does prefigurate mean?
Prefigurate means to prefigure.
What part of speech is prefigurate?
Prefigurate is a verb.
How do you pronounce prefigurate?
Prefigurate is pronounced /pɹiːˈfɪɡəɹeɪt/.
What is the past tense of prefigurate?
The past tense of prefigurate is prefigurated.

Words near prefigurate in the dictionary

  1. prefident
  2. prefield
  3. prefigation
  4. prefight
  5. prefigurable
  6. prefigurate
  7. prefigurated
  8. prefigurates
  9. prefigurating
  10. prefiguration
  11. prefigurations

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