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   ad·um·brate

   /ˈadəmˌbrāt/

   verb

   • 1. report or represent in outline: formal "they have adumbrated the importance of education as a means of social transformation"
   • ▪ indicate faintly: formal "the walls were not more than adumbrated by the meager light"
   • ▪ foreshadow or symbolize: formal "what qualities in Christ are adumbrated by the vine?"
   • ▪ overshadow: formal "her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin adumbrat- ‘shaded’, from the verb adumbrare, from ad- ‘to’ (as an intensifier) + umbrare ‘cast a shadow’ (from umbra ‘shade’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. adumbration noun
   • 2. adumbrative adjective

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › adumbrateAdumbrate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of ADUMBRATE is to foreshadow vaguely : intimate. How to use adumbrate in a sentence. Did you know?

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   ADUMBRATE definition: 1. to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will…. Learn more.

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   To adumbrate something is to outline it. In an English essay, you could adumbrate the themes in a novel; or, in a letter to Santa, you could adumbrate all the ways you have been behaving.

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   Adumbrate definition: to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.. See examples of ADUMBRATE used in a sentence.

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   ADUMBRATE meaning: 1. to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will…. Learn more.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishADUMBRATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   3 meanings: 1. to outline; give a faint indication of 2. to foreshadow 3. to overshadow; obscure.... Click for more definitions.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › adumbrateAdumbrate - definition of adumbrate by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to give a faint image or indication of; outline or sketch. 2. to foreshadow; prefigure, esp. in an indistinct or formless way. 3. to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.