adumbrative

  • 11representative — rep·re·sen·ta·tive 1 adj 1: serving to represent 2 a: standing or acting for another esp. through delegated authority an agent acting in a representative capacity b: of, based on, or constituting a government in which the people are represented… …

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  • 12adumbratively — adverb In an adumbrative manner …

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  • 13adumbrate — [ adʌmbreɪt] verb formal 1》 give a faint or general idea of.     ↘foreshadow. 2》 overshadow. Derivatives adumbration noun adumbrative adjective Origin C16: from L. adumbrat , adumbrare, from ad to (as an intensifier) + umbrare cast a shadow …

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  • 14latent — adj 1. dormant, dormient, quiescent; veiled, hidden, Obs. latitant, Inf. closet, delitescent; potential, undeveloped, unrealized, possible; unsuspected, unseen, invisible, unapparent, indiscernible, undiscernable, imperceptible, inconspicuous,… …

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  • 15representative — [adj] characteristic, typical adumbrative, archetypal, classic, classical, delineative, depictive, emblematic, evocative, exemplary, ideal, illustrative, model, presentational, prototypal, prototypical, quintessential, rep*, symbolic, symbolical; …

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  • 16adumbrate —   v.t. shadow forth; outline; sketch out.    ♦ adumbrative, a.    ♦ adumbration, n …

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  • 17adumbrate — [ad um′brāt΄, ad′əm brāt΄] vt. adumbrated, adumbrating [< L adumbratus, pp. of adumbrari, to shade < ad , to + umbra, SHADE] 1. to outline in a shadowy way; sketch 2. to suggest beforehand; foreshadow in a vague way 3. to obscure;… …

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  • 18adumbrate — v.tr. 1 indicate faintly. 2 represent in outline. 3 foreshadow, typify. 4 overshadow. Derivatives: adumbration n. adumbrative adj. Etymology: L adumbrare (as AD , umbrare f. umbra shade) …

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  • 19foreshadowing — I noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand • Syn: ↑prefiguration, ↑adumbration • Derivationally related forms: ↑foreshadow, ↑prefigure (for: ↑ …

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  • 20prefigurative — adjective indistinctly prophetic • Syn: ↑adumbrative, ↑foreshadowing • Similar to: ↑prophetic, ↑prophetical • Derivationally related forms: ↑prefigure …

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