| Definitions of 'adumbrate' |
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1. (verb) sketch, outline, adumbrate
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
"sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
2. (verb) intimate, adumbrate, insinuate
give to understand
"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
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| Definitions of 'adumbrate' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (verb) adumbrate
to give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth
2. (verb) adumbrate
to overshadow; to shade
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