Adumbrate means to foreshadow, give a rough outline of, or disclose partially. It can also mean to overshadow or obscure.
Adumbrate bedeutet, etwas vorauszudeuten, einen groben Umriss zu geben oder teilweise offenzulegen. Es kann auch bedeuten, etwas zu überschatten oder zu verdecken.
| Front | adumbrate \a-DUM-brayt, AD-uhm-brayt\ |
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| Back | verb tr. 1. To foreshadow. 2. To give a rough outline or to disclose partially. 3. To overshadow or obscure. [From Latin umbra (shade, shadow), which also gave us the words umbrella, umbrage, and somber. Earliest documented use: 1599.] "Mr Cameron should adumbrate painful decisions; he should sketch out the principles that will inform them; but he should not be drawn into spelling out what exactly they will be." - Coming Clean; The Economist (London, UK); Mar 26, 2009. "To create her three-dimensional composition, Robin Osler variedly manipulated floor and ceiling planes so as to adumbrate virtual spaces." - Monica Geran; Shadow Play; Interior Design (New York); Apr 2000. |
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