1) Adumbration 1) Example 2) Model 3) Representing beforehand 4) The act of prefiguring 
• (n.) The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
Pre·fig`u·ra'tion noun [ Latin praefiguratio .] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. « A variety of prophecies and prefigurations .» Norris. 
[n] - an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come 2. [n] - the act of providing vague advance indications
foreshadowing noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
the act of prefiguring. · that in which something is prefigured.