- adumbrating
- ad·um·brate || 'ædʌmbreɪt v. sketch, outline; foreshadow; overshadow
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adumbrate — (v.) to outline, to sketch, 1580s, from L. adumbratus sketched, shadowed in outline, pp. of adumbrare to represent (a thing) in outline (see ADUMBRATION (Cf. adumbration)). Meaning to overshadow is 1660s. Related: Adumbrated; adumbrating … Etymology dictionary
