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prefigureth

prefigureth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prefigure.

Meaning of prefigure

Verb

prefigure (third-person singular simple present prefigures, present participle prefiguring, simple past and past participle prefigured)

  1. (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
    • Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures.2018 September 29, Roger Burrows, “On Neoreaction”, in The Sociological Review Magazine
  2. To predict or foresee.

See all 3 meanings of prefigure

Origin of prefigureth

prefigure + -eth

Questions about prefigureth

What is prefigureth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prefigureth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prefigure.

Words near prefigureth in the dictionary

  1. prefigure
  2. prefigured
  3. prefigurement
  4. prefigurements
  5. prefigures
  6. prefigureth
  7. prefiguring
  8. prefigurings
  9. prefile
  10. prefiled
  11. prefiles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prefigureth (page history and authors); prefigure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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