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adumbrate

ad·um·brate [ áddəm bràyt, ə dúm bràyt ] (past and past participle ad·um·brat·ed, present participle ad·um·brat·ing, 3rd person present singular ad·um·brates)

transitive verb

Definition:

1. sketchily indicate something: to give an incomplete or faint outline or indication of something

2. foreshadow something: to give a vague indication or warning of something to come

[Late 16th century. < Latin adumbrat-, past participle of adumbrare "overshadow" < umbra "shade"]

ad·um·bra·tion [ àddəm bráysh'n ] noun

ad·um·bra·tive [ áddəm bràytiv, ə dúmbrətiv ] adjective

ad·um·bra·tive·ly [ ad úmbrətivlee ] adverb

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