1. to show or suggest beforehand; to foreshadow or anticipate
Usage: past tense and past participle of ‘prefigure’

Examples

• The early protests prefigured the larger revolution that would come.
• His childhood drawings prefigured his later career as an artist.
• The economic downturn was prefigured by several warning signs.
• The novel’s opening scene prefigured the tragic ending.
• Ancient myths prefigured many themes found in modern literature.
• The small tremors prefigured the major earthquake.