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prefiguringnoun something believed to be a sign or warning of a future eventthe preaching of John the Baptist is generally regarded by Christians as a prefiguring of the ministry of Jesus augury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, omen, portent, presage forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursorforetaste, hint, inkling, intimation, suggestionforewarningforecast, foretelling, prediction, prognostication, prophecy(also prophesy)badge, mark, note, tokendivination straw in the wind to give a slight indication of beforehandthe first crocus traditionally prefigures the arrival of spring adumbrating, forerunning, foreshadowing, harbingering, heralding anticipating, foreknowing, foreseeingforecasting, foretelling, predicting, prognosticating, prophesyingforewarningauguring, boding, foreboding(also forboding), portending, presaging, promisingalluding, connoting, hinting, implying, insinuating, intimating, suggesting |