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]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prefigure
    v 1: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had
         prefigured"
    2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
       portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
       betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
       forecast, predict]