動詞 prefigure:

1. imagine or consider beforehand
2. indicate by signs
   同義詞：bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, forecast, predict

pre.fig.ure

v.tr.（及物動詞）
pre.fig.ured,pre.fig.ur.ing,pre.fig.ures
To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow:
預示：以先前的形式或模式來表明、暗示或表現(xiàn)；預示或預報：
例句：
The paintings of Paul Cézanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20th century.
保羅·塞尚的繪畫預示了20世紀初葉立體主義的興起

To imagine or picture to oneself in advance.
預想：預先想象或為己設想

來源：
Middle English prefiguren
中古英語 prefiguren
from Old French prefigurer
源自 古法語 prefigurer
from Late Latin praefigôr3re
源自 后期拉丁語 praefigôr3re
Latin prae- [pre-]
拉丁語 prae- [前綴，表.先于.]
Latin figôr3re [to shape] from figôra [shape] * see dheigh-
拉丁語 figôr3re [塑造] 源自 figôra [形狀] *參見 dheigh-

【引伸】
prefig.urative
prefig.uratively
adv.（副詞）
prefig.urativeness
n.（名詞）
prefig.urement
n.（名詞）