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▪ I. preˈfigurate, ppl. a.
[ad. late L. præfigūrāt-us, pa. pple. of præfigūrāre: see next.]
= prefigured (as pa. pple. (obs.), and ppl. a.).
1530Palsgr. 664/2 All the mysteryes of the passyon were prefygurate in the olde Testament. 1557N.T. (Genev.) Eph. ii. 12 note, In Christe all things were accomplished, which were prefigurate in the Lawe. 1881E. Mulford Republic of God v. 128 The Christ is not the prefigurate, but the real, head of humanity.
▪ II. prefigurate, v. Now rare.|priːˈfɪgjʊəreɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of late L. præfigūrāre to prefigure: see -ate3.]
= prefigure.
1530Palsgr. 664/2, I prefygurate, je prefigure. 1537Inst. Chr. Man E v, Signified..or rather prefigurated & prophecied before. 1673T. Jordan London in Splendor 7 On his Left hand standeth a well-featured Virgin who doth prefigurate Labour. 1874M. Collins Transmigr. II. xiii. 203 Poseidon's bull can clearly prefigurate nothing but John Bull's fleet. |
