Prefigure vs Prefiguring - What's the difference?
prefigure | prefiguring |
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand ((often used in a Biblical context))
To predict or foresee
(gerund of prefigure) A specific instance in which something is prefigured
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 15, Janet Maslin, A Monetary Horror Story That Looks Like Today’s, New York Times
, passage=This book’s culture clashes are every bit as memorable as its eerie prefigurings of the present financial meltdowns. }}
As verbs the difference between prefigure and prefiguring
is that prefigure is while prefiguring is .As a noun prefiguring is
(gerund of prefigure) a specific instance in which something is prefigured.prefigure
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* presage * portend * foreshadow * announceDerived terms
* prefigurementprefiguring
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