Prefigure

глагол служить прообразом, быть прототипом

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Prefigure

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praefigurare, from Latin prae- pre- + figurare to shape, picture, from figura figure 1. to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness 2. to picture or imagine beforehand; foreseeprefigurement noun

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