prefigurementn.
/priːˈfɪɡəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /priˈfɪɡjərm(ə)nt/ = prefiguration n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun]
foreshowinga1050
foretokeninga1300
prefigurationa1382
premonstrationc1429
prenotationa1550
presignification1578
precursea1591
ostentation1607
precursion1615
prefigurement1708
foreshadowing1847
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of
shadow1382
prophecya1393
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foreshower1555
prefiguration1579
forepointer1587
foresignification1592
premonstrance1594
prodromus1602
premonstration1610
antetype1612
prodromy1647
pre-significator1669
foretellera1716
presignification1835
foretype1848
prefigurementa1859
foreshadower18..
foreboder1876
forego1880
1708 W. Salmon Diss. conc. Lord’s Supper 63 The Passover was the great Service of the old Covenant, in which the Lamb was the Type or Prefigurement of Christ our Lord.
1841 W. Allston Monaldi v. 65 You see in that distant mist the prefigurement of my future.
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 250/1 No faint prefigurement of the modern steam-engine.
a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 16 In my dreams were often prefigurements of my future.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xv. 336 The prefigurement of the formation of nerves in animals.
1949 William & Mary Q. 6 27 To read the first writings as prefigurements of the Declaration of Independence, to find in them precocious ideals of democracy, is totally to misunderstand the origins of America.
1983 Harper's Mag. Oct. 53/2 The first shadowy prefigurement that there was a high-level penetration agent in America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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