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n. Shading.

n. A faint sketch; an outline, a brief representation.

n. A rough or symbolic representation of something.

n. The shadow or outline of a figure.

n. A vague indication of what is to come.

n. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

n. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.

n. The shadow or outlines of a figure.

n. The act of adumbrating or making a shadow or faint resemblance.

n. Figuratively, a faint sketch; an imperfect representation; something that suggests by resemblance, or shadows forth; a foreshadowing.

n. In heraldry, the shadow only of a figure, outlined, and painted of a color darker than the field.

n. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

n. a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation

"His theory has something in common with current philosophical speculation, and it is in part, as I understand, a kind of adumbration, a shrewd guess, at the present attitude of cytologists."

prevision    prediction    anticipation    representation   

outline   

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