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adumbrate(dictionary)

adumbrate (iou)



adumbrate verb trans. L16.
[Latin adumbrat- pa. ppl stem of adumbrare, from ad AD- + umbrare, from umbra shade: see -ATE3.]
Shade (a sketch) and so complete it. rare. Only in L16.
Represent in outline, give a faint indication of. L16.
James Mill Its duties were..not defined.., but only adumbrated.
Shadow forth, typify; foreshadow, prefigure. L16.
T. Gale Noah..is adumbrated to us..in Prometheus.
Overshadow; obscure. L16.
W. Styron Her happy reminiscence..had..become adumbrated by the consciousness of something else.
a'dumbrative adjective having the attribute of adumbrating M19.