adumbrate
to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
to foreshadow; prefigure.
to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.
Origin of adumbrate
1Other words from adumbrate
- ad·um·bra·tion [ad-uhm-brey-shuhn], /ˌæd əmˈbreɪ ʃən/, noun
Words Nearby adumbrate
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How to use adumbrate in a sentence
There had, in truth, scarcely yet been time enough to adumbrate the possibilities opened up by this gentleman's return.
A Laodicean | Thomas HardyFeeble is human speech to deal with such high matters, serving, at the best, but dimly to adumbrate ineffable truths.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883 | VariousFrom now onwards the speeches of Brutus strangely adumbrate those of Hamlet.
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar | William ShakespeareTwo short passages adumbrate the coming Tennyson, the rest is mystic nonsense.
A. W. Kinglake | W. TuckwellA type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype.
Companion to the Bible | E. P. Barrows
British Dictionary definitions for adumbrate
/ (ˈædʌmˌbreɪt) /
to outline; give a faint indication of
to foreshadow
to overshadow; obscure
Origin of adumbrate
1Derived forms of adumbrate
- adumbration, noun
- adumbrative (ædˈʌmbrətɪv), adjective
- adumbratively, adverb
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