Adumbrate (verb)
ad-um-brayt
To foreshadow; prefigure.
First recorded in 1575–85 and comes from the past participle of the Latin verb adumbrāre, “to shade.”
Example sentences
“The cryptic message seemed to adumbrate a dark future for their relationship.”
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