prefigure

 
Pronunciation: /priːˈfɪgə/

verb

[with object]
  • 1be an early indication or version of (something): the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation
  • 2 archaic imagine beforehand: I lay awake, prefiguring the future

Derivatives

prefiguration

Pronunciation: /-ˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

prefigurative

Pronunciation: /-rətɪv/
adjective

prefigurement

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare 'represent beforehand', from prae 'before' + figurare 'to form, fashion'