Obs. [f. ppl. stem of L. unbrāre (whence It. ombrare, F. ombrer), f. umbra UMBRA1. Cf. the earlier adumbrate, obumbrate.]
1. trans. To shadow. Also fig.
1623. Cockeram, Vmbrate, to shadow.
c. 1630. Risdon, Surv. Devon, § 42 (1810), 48. Instead of lux fiat, it may be verified that they are umbrated thereby.
2. To adumbrate, indicate.
1675. J. Smith, Chr. Relig. Appeal, II. viii. 84. The Gospel … exhibits to us the Substance of the Law’s Types; wherein the things pertaining to the Person, Office, and Kingdom, of the Messias, were umbrated.
