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Noun: adumbration  a-dum'brey-shun
  1. The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
    - prefiguration, foreshadowing
     
  2. A sketchy, imperfect or faint representation

Derived forms: adumbrations

Type of: anticipation, prediction, prevision, representation

Encyclopedia: Adumbration

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adulterous
adulterously
adulterousness
adultery
adultescent
adulthood
adulting
adult-onset diabetes
adult-onset diabetes mellitus
adumbrate
adumbration
adumbrative
adust
advance
advance death benefit
advanced
advanced level
Advanced Research and Development Activity
advancement
advancer
advancing