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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Adumbrate \Ad*um"brate\, v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of
adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to
outline; to shadow forth.
[1913 Webster]
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible
universe the invisible God is adumbrated. --L.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. To overshadow; to shade.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Adumbrate \Ad*um"brate\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
adumbrate
v 1: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or
summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline
his ideas" [syn: sketch, outline]
2: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his
wife" [syn: intimate, insinuate]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
adumbrate
vb.
1 To foreshadow vaguely.
2 To give a vague outline.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
adumbrate
vb.
1 To foreshadow vaguely.
2 To give a vague outline.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
adumbrate
vb.
1 To foreshadow vaguely.
2 To give a vague outline.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
adumbrate
vb.
1 To foreshadow vaguely.
2 To give a vague outline.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
adumbrate
Engelska vb.
1 förebåda
2 antyda
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
أشر
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
adumbrate //ˈædʌmˌbɹeɪt//
скицирам
To give a vague outline.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
nastínit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
naznačit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
načrtnout
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
ankündigen, vorausahnen lassen
see: adumbrating, adumbrated
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
skizzieren, andeuten, angeben, umreißen
see: adumbrating, adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrated
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
1. अस्पष्ट~रूप~से~समझाना
"The finance minister adumbrated some changes in the fiseal policy of the country."
2. पूर्व~सूचना~देना
"Much misery could have been avoided had the cyclone in Orissa been adumbrated."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
ocrtati, skicirati
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
adumbrate //ˈædʌmˌbɹeɪt//
1. ぼんやりと暗示する, 予示する
To foreshadow vaguely.
2. 概説する
To give a vague outline.
3. 暗くする
To obscure or overshadow.
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
adumbrate /ˈadəmbɹˌeɪt/
1. ima etmek, anıştırmak
2. gölgelemek. adumbra'tion ima, kinaye
3. gölgeleme.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "adumbrate":
allude to, argue, augur, auspicate, becloud, bedim, bespeak,
betoken, block out, bode, body forth, call, chalk out,
characterize, cloud, darken, demonstrate, denote, dim, draft,
drop a hint, embody, exemplify, figure, fog, forebode, forecast,
foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, give a hint, give the cue,
glance at, gloom, have a hunch, have an intimation, hint, hint at,
illustrate, image, impersonate, imply, incarnate, indicate,
insinuate, intimate, lower, mean, menace, mirror, mist, murk,
obfuscate, omen, outline, overcast, personate, personify, portend,
predict, prefigure, presage, pretypify, prognosticate, project,
prompt, prophesy, realize, reflect, rough out, shadow,
shadow forth, signify, skeleton, suggest, symbolize, threaten,
typify, vaticinate
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 用影子表示形状,画轮廓,预示;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 画轮廓,预示
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