1.  prefigure(v = verb.creation) - imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
is one way to conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine
Derived forms noun prefiguration₂, noun prefiguration₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  prefigure(v = verb.communication) augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
is one way to bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Derived form adjective prefigurative₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

   To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. South. [1913 Webster]

prefigure, v.tr.
1 represent beforehand by a figure or type.
2 imagine beforehand.

Derivative:
prefiguration n. prefigurative adj. prefigurement n.

Etymology:
ME f. eccl.L praefigurare (as PRAE-, FIGURE)

VB  predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.