Adumbrate -- Lucie

ad·um·brate (dm-brt, -dm-) tr.v. ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing, ad·um·brates 1. To give a sketchy outline of. 2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow. 3. To disclose partially or guardedly. 4. To overshadow; shadow or obscure. [Latin adumbrre, adumbrt-, to represent in outline : ad-, ad- + umbra, shadow.] adum·bration n. ad·umbra·tive (-dmbr-tv) adj. ad·umbra·tive·ly adv.

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Lucie and Auntie Mary are collecting our ideas for our novel, and we aren't ready to adumbrate the plot yet.