prefigurate

English

Etymology

From Latin praefiguratus. Equivalent to pre- +‎ figurate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɹiːˈfɪɡəɹeɪt/, /pɹiːˈfɪɡjʊɹeɪt/

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To prefigure.
    • 1569, Richard Grafton, A Chronicle at Large, and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande, […], London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC; republished in Grafton’s Chronicle; or, History of England. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [George Woodfall] for J[oseph] Johnson;  […], 1809, →OCLC:
      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

References

“prefigurate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Verb

prefigurate

  1. inflection of prefigurare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

prefigurate f pl

  1. feminine plural of prefigurato

Spanish

Verb

prefigurate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of prefigurar combined with te
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