The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Prefigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefiguring.] [F.
   pr['e]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before
   + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate.]
   To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and
   similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types
   prefigured." --South.
   [1913 Webster]