imagine beforehand
1prefigure — verb 1》 be an early indication or version of. 2》 archaic imagine beforehand. Derivatives prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun Origin ME: from eccles. L. praefigurare represent beforehand , from prae before + figurare to… …
2prefigure — [prē fig′yər, prē fig′yoor] vt. prefigured, prefiguring [ME prefiguren < LL(Ec) praefigurare < L prae , PRE + figurare, to fashion: see FIGURE] 1. to suggest beforehand; be an antecedent figure or type of; foreshadow 2. to picture to… …
3prefigure — v.tr. 1 represent beforehand by a figure or type. 2 imagine beforehand. Derivatives: prefiguration n. prefigurative adj. prefigurement n. Etymology: ME f. eccl.L praefigurare (as PRAE , FIGURE) …
4Foreconceive — Fore con*ceive , v. t. To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …
5prefigure — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praefigurare, from Latin prae pre + figurare to shape, picture, from figura figure Date: 15th century 1. to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness 2. to… …
6prefiguration — prefigure ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …
7prefigurative — prefigure ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …
8prefigure — ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …
9prefigurement — prefigure ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …
10Dirichlet process — In probability theory, a Dirichlet process is a stochastic process that can be thought of as a probability distribution whose domain is itself a random distribution. That is, given a Dirichlet process , where H (the base distribution) is an… …
