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- [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
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