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prefigurative

prefigurative adjective: related to prefiguration; that prefigures.

Adjective

prefigurative (comparative more prefigurative, superlative most prefigurative)

  1. Related to prefiguration; that prefigures.
    • The whole of this process seems to be typical or prefigurative of the grand atonement to be made for the sins of the whole world by Jesus Christ1818, Thomas Hartwell Horne, Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures

Forms of prefigurative

comparativemore prefigurative
superlativemost prefigurative

Words formed from prefigurative

Questions about prefigurative

What does prefigurative mean?
Prefigurative means related to prefiguration; that prefigures.
What part of speech is prefigurative?
Prefigurative is an adjective.

Words near prefigurative in the dictionary

  1. prefigurated
  2. prefigurates
  3. prefigurating
  4. prefiguration
  5. prefigurations
  6. prefigurative
  7. prefiguratively
  8. prefigurativeness
  9. prefigure
  10. prefigured
  11. prefigurement

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