vt. 画...的轮廓, 预示

Adumbrate \Ad*um"brate\, v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of
adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]
1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to
outline; to shadow forth.

Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible
universe the invisible God is adumbrated. --L.
Taylor.

2. To overshadow; to shade.