pretypify, v.
(priːˈtɪpɪfaɪ)
[f. pre- A. 1 + typify v.]
trans. To typify beforehand, prefigure, foreshadow.
| 1659 Hammond On Ps. lxxii. 17 So shall Christ, pretypified by Solomon. 1659 Pearson Creed iv. 412 Our Jesus..did really undergoe those sufferings, which were pretypified and foretold. 1880 W. S. Kent Man. Infusoria I. 103 Paramecium and its allies would appear to pre-typify the Turbellaria. |