Adumbrate

v. t.	1.
	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.

Verb	1.	adumbrate - describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" Synonyms: outline, sketch
	2.	adumbrate - give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" Synonyms: intimate, insinuate

allude to, argue, augur, auspicate, becloud, bedim, bespeak, betoken, block out, bode, body forth, call, chalk out, characterize, cloud, darken, demonstrate, denote, dim, draft, drop a hint, embody, exemplify, figure, fog, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, give a hint, give the cue, glance at, gloom, have a hunch, have an intimation, hint, hint at, illustrate, image, impersonate, imply, incarnate, indicate, insinuate, intimate, lower, mean, menace, mirror, mist, murk, obfuscate, omen, outline, overcast, personate, personify, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, pretypify, prognosticate, project, prompt, prophesy, realize, reflect, rough out, shadow, shadow forth, signify, skeleton, suggest, symbolize, threaten, typify, vaticinate

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