ADUMBRATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

2.
n.

A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

3.
n.

The shadow or outlines of a figure.


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