[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

figure \fig"ure\, v. t. imp.  p. p. figured; p. pr.  vb. n.
   figuring. f. figurer, l. figurare, fr. figura. see
   figure, n.
   1. to represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an
      image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into
      a determinate form; to shape.
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            if love, alas be pain i bear,
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            no thought can figure, and no tongue declare.prior.
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   2. to embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
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            the vaulty top of heaven
            figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --shak.
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   3. to indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
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            as through a crystal glass the figured hours are
            seen.                                 --dryden.
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   4. to represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
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            whose white vestments figure innocence. --shak.
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   5. to prefigure; to foreshow.
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            in this the heaven figures some event. --shak.
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   6. mus.
      a to write over or under the bass, as figures or other
          characters, in order to indicate the accompanying
          chords.
      b to embellish.
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   to figure out, to solve; to compute or find the result of.
      

   to figure up, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.
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see also:
figured figuring figure to figure out to figure up 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

figuring
     n : problem solving that involves numbers or quantities syn: calculation,
          computation, reckoning
see also:
calculation computation reckoning 

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