adumbrate

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. To foreshadow vaguely.
  2. To give a vague outline.
  3. To obscure or overshadow.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈædʌmˌbɹeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), from adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), from umbra (“shadow”).

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