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Webster 1913 Edition
Adumbrate
Ad-um′brate
,Verb.
T.
[L.
adumbratus
, p. p. of adumbrare
; ad
+ umbrare
to shade; umbra
shadow.] 1.
To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is
adumbrated
. L. Taylor.
2.
To overshadow; to shade.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adumbrate
ADUM'BRATE
,Verb.
T.
To give a faint shadow, or slight likeness; to exhibit a faint resemblance, like a shadow.