prefigure vs envisage

prefigure and envisage both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prefigure	No	No	Yes	No
envisage	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, envisage is a hypernym of prefigure; that is, envisage is a word with a broader meaning than prefigure:

prefigure: imagine or consider beforehand
envisage: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

Other hypernyms of prefigure include conceive of, ideate, imagine.

prefigure (verb)	envisage (verb)
indicate, as with a sign or an omen	form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
imagine or consider beforehand