prefigure

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
2. verb To predict or foresee.
3. noun That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.

Similar words

auspicate foretell foreshadow prognosticate forecast bode presage portend predict omen

Often followed by

the a and his those what christ in an

Word family

prefigured prefigurement prefigurements prefigures prefiguring