adumbrative, a.
(əˈdʌmbrətɪv)
[f. L. adumbrāt- ppl. stem of adumbrā-re (see adumbrate) + -ive.]
Having the attribute of shadowing forth, faintly indicating, figuring, or typifying.
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) II. i. x. 44 Mute monuments pathetically adumbrative of much. 1865 ― Fredk. Gt. V. xiv. iii. 178 ‘Bob Monopoly, the late Tallyman’ (adumbrative for Walpole, late Prime Minister). 1858 Kitto Bible Illustr. Morn. Ser. III. 149 They are remarkably typical or adumbrative of that larger and greater work of God in the soul of man. |