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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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