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Webster 1913 Edition


Adumbrate

Ad-um′brate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
adumbratus
, p. p. of
adumbrare
;
ad
+
umbrare
to shade;
umbra
shadow.]
1.
To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is
adumbrated
.
L. Taylor.
2.
To overshadow; to shade.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adumbrate

ADUM'BRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. adumbro, to shade, from umbra, a shade.]
To give a faint shadow, or slight likeness; to exhibit a faint resemblance, like a shadow.

Definition 2024


adumbrate

adumbrate

English

Verb

adumbrate (third-person singular simple present adumbrates, present participle adumbrating, simple past and past participle adumbrated)

  1. To foreshadow vaguely.
  2. To give a vague outline.
  3. To obscure or overshadow.
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Latin

Verb

adumbrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of adumbrō