You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature.
B. Jonson.
A*dult"ness (&?;), n. The state of being adult.
Ad*um"brant (&?;), a. [L. adumbrans, p. pr. of adumbrare.] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
Ad*um"brate (&?;), v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]
1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated.
L. Taylor.