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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prefigure/priːˈfɪɡə(r)/

▶verb

1 be an early indication or version of.

2 archaic imagine beforehand.

– derivatives
prefiguration noun,
prefigurative adjective,
prefigurement noun.

– origin ME: from eccles. L. praefigurare ‘represent beforehand’, from prae ‘before’ + figurare ‘to form, fashion’.

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