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OP Date: Fri Dec 23 00:03:02 EST 1994
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--adumbrate
ad.um.brate \'ad-*m-.bra-t, a-'d*m-\ \.ad-(.)*m-'bra--sh*n\
\a-'d*m-br*t-iv\ vt [L adumbratus, pp. of adumbrare, fr. ad- + umbra shadow] - more at UMBRAGE 1: to foreshadow vaguely : INTIMATE 2a: to give a sketchy representation or outline of 2b: to suggest or disclose partially
3: SHADE, OBSCURE - ad.um.bra.tion n
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