adumbrate
verb (used with object)
to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
adumbrated
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past participleof adumbrate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof adumbrate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
adumbrateverb (used with object)to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
Example Sentences
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Passages of the original work underlined and adumbrated with exclamation marks and double or even treble question marks; phrases scored out and notes running down the margin at right angles to the printed text.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2020
His work on neuroscience and his initial support of McCulloch and Pitts adumbrated the startlingly effective deep-learning methods of the present day.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2019
But while lauding the rights and privileges of the Americans he observed, Tocqueville also adumbrated the responsibilities that came with being an American citizen.
From Time ● Nov. 2, 2016
And thus the fragility of this vast ecosystem is adumbrated by the suggestion of decay on the newly restored walls of the gallery.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2015
These two verses are obviously adumbrated from the conclusion of Virgil's first eclogue, and Dryden's version of it: For see yon sunny hill the shade extends And curling smoke from cottages ascends.—Wakefield.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
