adumbrate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), from adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), from umbra (“shadow”).

Don't know but what I will.” Calibree adumbrated, “They're a good bunch. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
She marked the colour--lilac--as if faintly to adumbrate the imperial purple of Rome. — The Passionate Elopement, Compton MacKenzie
In his letter to Payne of 23rd December 1882, Burton adumbrates a visit eastward. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright

sketch, outline

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