prefigure in WordNet English dictionary

1. indicate by signs
   "These signs bode bad news"
   bode  portend  auspicate  prognosticate  omen  presage  betoken  foreshadow  augur  foretell  prefigure  forecast  predict 
   
2. imagine or consider beforehand
   "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
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