PREFIGURE
(verb) indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
synonyms : augur , auspicate , betoken , bode , forecast , foreshadow , foretell , omen , portend , predict , presage , prognosticatethe brand new lock on the trunk betokens the magnitude of what has just happened. -added by diviya_inlas
The heavy gales and dark skies prognosticated that a hurricane was on its way. -added by naila_inlas
The scurrying insects presaged an earthquake. -added by naila_inlas
Your yellow eyes portend jaundice. -added by priyavanjeri
(verb) imagine or consider beforehand
"It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
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Mnemonics for prefigure
(Tag: ) pre+figure = figure out before hand.
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-0 (Tag: make out before hand.) pre-before, figure-make out
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