Adumbrate

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:39:41

Ad*um"brate (#), v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]

1.

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.

2.

To overshadow; to shade.

 

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