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Verb: adumbrate  'a-dum,breyt or u'dúm,breyt
  1. Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
    - sketch, outline
     
  2. Give to understand
    "I adumbrated that I did not like his wife";
    - intimate, insinuate

Derived forms: adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating

Type of: depict, describe, draw, hint, suggest

Nearest

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