prefigure

verbs

imagine or consider beforehand

"It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

prefigure

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form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

"Can you conceive of him as the president?"

indicate by signs

"These signs bode bad news"

augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

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