Definitions for: Adumbrate


[v] give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
[v] describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the book"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: insinuate, intimate, outline, sketch

See Also: block out, depict, describe, draw, hint, suggest

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