Prefiguring

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F.
   pr['e]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before
   + figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.]
   To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and
   similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types
   prefigured." --South.
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