Definition of adumbrate Adumbrate
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What does adumbrate mean?
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| adumbrate - describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" | ||
| sketch, outline | ||
| depict, describe, draw give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" | ||
| block out plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general | ||
| adumbrate - give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" | ||
| intimate, insinuate | ||
| hint, suggest drop a hint; intimate by a hint | ||
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Wiktionary 
- adumbrate (Verb)
To foreshadow vaguely. - adumbrate (Verb)
To give a vague outline. - adumbrate (Verb)
To obscure or overshadow.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adumbrate (v. t.)
To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. - adumbrate (v. t.)
To overshadow; to shade.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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adumbrate
To bring information in fewer words; to describe roughly or briefly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adumbrate
ad-um′brāt, or ad′-, v.t. to give a faint shadow of: to exhibit imperfectly.—adjs. Adum′brant, Adum′brative, adumbrating or giving a faint shadow.—n. Adumbrā′tion. [L. adumbratus, adumbrāre—ad, to, umbra, a shadow.]
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🔤- adumbrate, verb, present, 1st person singular of adumbrate (infinitive).
- adumbrate, verb (infinitive).
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