Today's Word "adumbrate"
To give a sketchy representation of
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adumbrate \AD-uhm-brayt; uh-DUHM-\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To give a sketchy or slight representation of; to outline. 2 : To foreshadow in a vague way. 3 : To suggest, indicate, or disclose partially. 4 : To cast a shadow over; to shade; to obscure.
"To create her three-dimensional composition, Freida variedly manipulated floor and ceiling planes so as to adumbrate virtual spaces."
Adumbrate derives from Latin adumbrare, "to sketch" (literally, "to shade towards," hence "to foreshadow or prefigure"), from ad-, "towards" + umbrare, "to shade," from umbra, "shadow."
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