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adumbrate Definition


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adumbrate
verb adumbrated, adumbrating
    formal:
    literary, etc:
    1. To indicate or describe in a general way.
      Thesaurus: outline, sketch.
    2. To suggest or indicate (something likely to happen in the future); to foreshadow.
      Thesaurus: foreshadow, portend, hint at, suggest, foretell, indicate, presage, prophesy; Antonym: veil, obscure.
    3. To throw a shadow over something.
Derivative: adumbration
noun
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin adumbrare, adumbratum to shade in or sketch.



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