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adumbrate

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1 to outline; give a faint indication of

2 to foreshadow

3    to overshadow; obscure
     (C16: from Latin adumbratus represented only in outline, from adumbrare to cast a shadow on, from umbra shadow)
♦    adumbration             n
♦   adumbrative      adj
♦   adumbratively      adv

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adumbration

1 delineation, draft, indication, outline, rough, silhouette, sketch, suggestion

2 augury, forecast, foreshadowing, foretelling, omen, portent, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, presage, prognostication, prophecy, sign

3 bedimming, cloud, darkening, darkness, eclipse, eclipsing, obfuscation, obscuring, overshadowing, shadow

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