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prefigure

pre·fi·gure

UK/pɹiːfɪɡjɚ/ uncommon

verb

1.

imagine or consider beforehand

  • “It wasn”
2.

Origin

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).

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