PREFIGURE meaning: Foreshadow or suggest something beforehand

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▸ verb:  (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
▸ verb:  To predict or foresee.
▸ noun:  That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.

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