Verb
- 1. prefigure, imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
- usage: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
- 2. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict, bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
- usage: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
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