Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F.
   pr['e]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before
   + figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.]
   To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and
   similitudes; to foreshadow. ``Whom all the various types
   prefigured.'' --South.

Source : WordNet®

prefigure
     v 1: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had
          prefigured"
     2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
         {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage},
         {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {forecast},
         {predict}]