Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-FIG'URE
PRE-FIG'U-RA-TIVEPRE-FIG'UR-ED
PRE-FIG'URE, v.t. [L. præ, before, and figuro, to fashion.]
To exhibit by antecedent representation, or by types and similitude. In the Old Testament, things are prefigured, which are performed in the New. – Hooker.
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