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to give a slight indication of beforehand the strife in Bloody Kansas in the 1850s adumbrated the civil war that would follow Synonyms of adumbrate foreshadow, forerun, harbinger, herald, prefigureWords Related to adumbrate anticipate, foreknow, foresee; forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy; forewarn; augur, bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, presage, promise; allude, connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest
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