Prefigure
Pronunciation : Pre*fig"ure
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. pr?figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate.]
Definition : Defn: To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types prefigured." South.
t. [imp. & p. p. Prefigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefiguring.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913