prefigurate

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/pɹiːˈfɪɡəɹeɪt//pɹiːˈfɪɡjʊɹeɪt/

verb

To prefigure.

OriginLatin praefiguratus →
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Meanings

verbprefigurate (third-person singular simple present prefigurates, present participle prefigurating, simple past and past participle prefigurated)

present singular third person prefigurates · participle present prefigurating · participle past prefigurated · past prefigurated

  1. transitiveTo prefigure.

    This Mathuſalah or Mathuſalem, as the holy ſcripture ſayth, was of longeſt lyfe, and being borne in the viij. generation from Adam did prefigurate the .viij. age of the world, which ſhall be the time of the Reſurrection, which ſhall begin in the laſt day, and neuer after ſhall haue ende.

    1569, Richard Grafton, “The First Age, and First Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 7

Origin

  1. Latinpraefiguratus
  2. Englishprefigurate

From Latin praefiguratus. Equivalent to pre- + figurate.

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APA

prefigurate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefigurate

MLA

“prefigurate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefigurate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefigurate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefigurate.

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