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ADUMBRATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adumbrative mean? 

ADUMBRATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ADUMBRATIVE has 1 sense:

1. indistinctly propheticplay

  Familiarity information: ADUMBRATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADUMBRATIVE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Indistinctly prophetic

Synonyms:

adumbrative; foreshadowing; prefigurative

Similar:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)


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