prefigure

vt. 预示, 预见, 预想

动词过去式:prefigured 过去分词:prefigured 现在分词:prefiguring 第三人称单数:prefigures 名词:prefigurativeness 副词:prefiguratively 形容词:prefigurative 

pre.fig.ure

v.tr.（及物动词）
pre.fig.ured,pre.fig.ur.ing,pre.fig.ures
To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow:
预示：以先前的形式或模式来表明、暗示或表现；预示或预报：
例句：
The paintings of Paul Cézanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20th century.
保罗·塞尚的绘画预示了20世纪初叶立体主义的兴起

To imagine or picture to oneself in advance.
预想：预先想象或为己设想

来源：
Middle English prefiguren
中古英语 prefiguren
from Old French prefigurer
源自 古法语 prefigurer
from Late Latin praefigôr3re
源自 后期拉丁语 praefigôr3re
Latin prae- [pre-]
拉丁语 prae- [前缀，表.先于.]
Latin figôr3re [to shape] from figôra [shape] * see dheigh-
拉丁语 figôr3re [塑造] 源自 figôra [形状] *参见 dheigh-

【引伸】
prefig.urative

prefig.uratively
adv.（副词）
prefig.urativeness
n.（名词）
prefig.urement
n.（名词）