prefigure
/ˌpriːˈfɪɡjər/
verb
- To be an early sign or indication of something that will happen or exist in the future.
- The decline in sales prefigured the company's eventual bankruptcy.
- Her early interest in science prefigured her career as a researcher.
- The first few warm days in March prefigure the arrival of spring.
- To imagine or represent something before it happens.
- Politicians often prefigure their policies in campaign speeches.
- The architect prefigured the final design in a series of rough sketches.
- The author prefigured many modern inventions in his science fiction novels.