prefigurativeadj.

Brit.

/priːˈfɪɡ(ə)rətɪv/,

/priːˈfɪɡjᵿrətɪv/, U.S.

/priˈfɪɡjərədɪv/,

/priˈfɪɡjəˌreɪdɪv/

Forms: 1500s prefyguratyue, 1600s prefiguratiue, 1600s– prefigurative.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praefigurativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin praefigurativus that prefigures something (15th cent. in à Kempis De Imitatione; compare quot. ?1504 at main sense) < praefigurat- , past participial stem of praefigurare prefigure v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix (compare earlier praefigurative , adverb: see prefiguratively adv.). Compare Middle French prefiguratif (c1485 in an apparently isolated attestation).

That prefigures something; that is a foreshadowing of something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective]

prognostica1500

prefigurative?1504

prenunciative1555

presignificant1576

shadowing1579

presignificative1588

prenuncious1656

umbratica1677

forecoming1860

foresignifying1860

?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. i. 261 The sacryfyce of the prefyguratyue [L. præfigurativa] lawe that was to come.

1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled App. 32 These holy Feasts..being prefiguratiue of Christ.

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxi. 189 A Dramatical show that hath a prefigurative signification of the Happiness of the millennial state of the Church.

a1761 S. Davies Serm. (1864) lxiv. 181 Certainly they may, and ought, if these phenomena are indeed prefigurative, or portend something future.

1851 Littell's Living Age 5 June 455/2 The story..although a tragical one, and strangely prefigurative..in certain respects, of the writer's subsequent fate, excites but very slight emotion.

1865 Reader No. 133. 62/2 Prefigurative of the fate of his works.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. vi. 80 Like all the cottagers of Blackmoor Vale, Tess was steeped in fancies and prefigurative superstitions.

1960 A. M. Farrer in Oxf. Soc. Hist. Theol.: Abstr. Proc. 1959–60 10 The prefigurative structure of his earlier chapters has provided beforehand all the moral we shall need.

1986 H. L. Smith War & Social Change (BNC) 112 Such innovation was usually makeshift, not prefigurative, and much of it was for the duration only.

Derivatives

† prefigurativeness n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > quality of

prefigurativeness1685

presignificance1685

presignificancy1685

forecomingness1848

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxi. 189 It may have a kind of general Prefigurativeness of the Joy and Glory of Christ's Kingdom in the Millennium.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prefigurative
释义	prefigurativeadj. Brit. /priːˈfɪɡ(ə)rətɪv/, /priːˈfɪɡjᵿrətɪv/, U.S. /priˈfɪɡjərədɪv/, /priˈfɪɡjəˌreɪdɪv/ Forms: 1500s prefyguratyue, 1600s prefiguratiue, 1600s– prefigurative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praefigurativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin praefigurativus that prefigures something (15th cent. in à Kempis De Imitatione; compare quot. ?1504 at main sense) < praefigurat- , past participial stem of praefigurare prefigure v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix (compare earlier praefigurative , adverb: see prefiguratively adv.). Compare Middle French prefiguratif (c1485 in an apparently isolated attestation). That prefigures something; that is a foreshadowing of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective] prognostica1500 prefigurative?1504 prenunciative1555 presignificant1576 shadowing1579 presignificative1588 prenuncious1656 umbratica1677 forecoming1860 foresignifying1860 ?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. i. 261 The sacryfyce of the prefyguratyue [L. præfigurativa] lawe that was to come. 1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled App. 32 These holy Feasts..being prefiguratiue of Christ. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxi. 189 A Dramatical show that hath a prefigurative signification of the Happiness of the millennial state of the Church. a1761 S. Davies Serm. (1864) lxiv. 181 Certainly they may, and ought, if these phenomena are indeed prefigurative, or portend something future. 1851 Littell's Living Age 5 June 455/2 The story..although a tragical one, and strangely prefigurative..in certain respects, of the writer's subsequent fate, excites but very slight emotion. 1865 Reader No. 133. 62/2 Prefigurative of the fate of his works. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. vi. 80 Like all the cottagers of Blackmoor Vale, Tess was steeped in fancies and prefigurative superstitions. 1960 A. M. Farrer in Oxf. Soc. Hist. Theol.: Abstr. Proc. 1959–60 10 The prefigurative structure of his earlier chapters has provided beforehand all the moral we shall need. 1986 H. L. Smith War & Social Change (BNC) 112 Such innovation was usually makeshift, not prefigurative, and much of it was for the duration only. Derivatives † prefigurativeness n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > quality of prefigurativeness1685 presignificance1685 presignificancy1685 forecomingness1848 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxi. 189 It may have a kind of general Prefigurativeness of the Joy and Glory of Christ's Kingdom in the Millennium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1504
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