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adumbration
A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(heraldry, rare) The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (image displayed on an escutcheon), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
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[W]here there is an obscurity too deep for our Reason, 'tis good to sit down with a description, periphrasis, or adumbration; for by acquainting our reason how unable it is to display the visible and obvious effects of nature, it becomes more humble and submissive unto the subtilties of faith: [...]
The exaggeration with darkness imparted to the glooms of this region impressed Henchard more than he had expected. The lugubrious harmony of the spot with his domestic situation was too perfect for him, impatient of effects, scenes, and adumbrations.
The merest adumbration of an apology on Baron Veen's part would clinch the matter with a token of gracious finality.
(philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
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