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Adumbration

Noun:

1. A faint or partial shadow or outline.
2. A foreshadowing or prefiguring of something.

Example sentences:

• The adumbration of the mountains in the distance gave the landscape a mysterious touch.
• The dark clouds were an adumbration of the impending storm.

Verb:

1. To outline or sketch broadly.
2. To foreshadow or prefigure.

Example sentences:

• The artist skillfully adumbrated the main features of the portrait.
• The early findings adumbrate a promising future for this new technology.

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