adumbrate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), from adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), from umbra (“shadow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈædʌmˌbɹeɪt/

Verb

adumbrate (third-person singular simple present adumbrates, present participle adumbrating, simple past and past participle adumbrated)

To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
- 1996, John M. Cooper, "Introduction" in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, p. xxii:
  Accordingly, even though readers always and understandably speak of the theories adumbrated by Socrates here as "Plato's theories", one ought not to speak of them so without some compunction--the writing itself, and also Plato the author, present these always in a spirit of open-ended exploration, and sometimes there are contextual clues indicating that Socrates exaggerates or goes what the argument truly justifies, and so on.
To obscure or overshadow.

Derived terms

adumbrant
adumbration
adumbrative

Related terms

See umbra#Derived_terms

Translations

To foreshadow vaguely.

Japanese: ぼんやりと暗示する (bonyarito anji suru), 予示する (yoji suru)
Malay:
Jawi: مڠعلامتکن‎
Rumi: mengalamatkan

To give a vague outline.

Czech: nastínit
Dutch: de contouren vluchtig schetsen
German: umreißen (de)
Japanese: 概説する (gaisetsu suru)

Malay:
Jawi: ممبايڠکن‎
Rumi: membayangkan
Portuguese: adumbrar

To obscure or overshadow.

Dutch: overschaduwen (nl)

Japanese: 暗くする (kuraku suru)

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.dumˈbraː.te/, [a.dʊmˈbraː.tɛ]

Verb

adumbrāte

second-person plural present active imperative of adumbrō