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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

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • D

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   • U

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   • M

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   • B

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   • R

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   • A

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   • E

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