"backshadow" meaning in English

See backshadow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: backshadows [present, singular, third-person], backshadowing [participle, present], backshadowed [participle, past], backshadowed [past]
Etymology: From back- + shadow. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|back|shadow}} back- + shadow Head templates: {{en-verb}} backshadow (third-person singular simple present backshadows, present participle backshadowing, simple past and past participle backshadowed)
  1. (literature) To demonstrate how an event that has already occurred will affect the future. Categories (topical): Literature Derived forms: backshadowing

Inflected forms

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        "(literature) To demonstrate how an event that has already occurred will affect the future."
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    },
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