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personify collapse: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"

block out collapse: plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general; indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan"

impersonate collapse: represent another person with comic intentions; assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

prophesy collapse: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

augur collapse: (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy; predict from an omen

overshadow collapse: cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"; "The tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"; exceed in importance; outweigh; "This problem overshadows our lives right now"

exemplify collapse: clarify by giving an example of; be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"

predict collapse: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

characterize collapse: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

prefigure collapse: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

omen collapse: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

illustrate collapse: supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"; depict with an illustration

gloom collapse: a feeling of melancholy apprehension; a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"; an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"

imply collapse: express or state indirectly; suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic; have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"

indicate collapse: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"; to state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter"; suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

incarnate collapse: invested with a bodily form especially of a human body; "a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate"; make concrete and real; represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

mirror collapse: polished surface that forms images by reflecting light; a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"; reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"; reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above"

insinuate collapse: introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"

embody collapse: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"; represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

overcast collapse: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot; a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling; sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"; sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches; make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

reflect collapse: give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"; give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"; to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person's eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"; manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs"; be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"

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