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}, {forecast},
         {predict}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0