adumbrated; adumbrating
Definition of adumbrate
1
: to foreshadow vaguely : intimate
the social unrest that adumbrated the French Revolution
2
: to suggest, disclose, or outline partially
adumbrate a plan
3
: overshadow, obscure
bubbling optimism, not at all adumbrated by difficulties
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The first known use of adumbrate was in 1537
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