Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adumbrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adumbrate \Ad*um"brate\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adumbrate
v 1: describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the
book" [syn: {sketch}, {outline}]
2: give to understand [syn: {intimate}, {insinuate}]
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