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Fig"ure (fĭg"&uuptack_;r; 135), n. [F.,
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Flowers have all exquisite
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2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.
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A coin that bears the
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3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
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4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing, made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called
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5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person; as, a sorry figure.
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I made some
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Gentlemen of the best
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6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.
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That he may live in
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7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
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8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]
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With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
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9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.
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Who is the
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10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement. Also called a figure of speech.
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To represent the imagination under the
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11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
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12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
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13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
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14. (Music)
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&hand_; Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus,
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Fig"ure, v. t.
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If love, alas! be pain I bear,
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No thought can
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2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
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The vaulty top of heaven
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3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
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As through a crystal glass the
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4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
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Whose white vestments
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5. To prefigure; to foreshow.
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In this the heaven
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6. (Mus.)
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Fig"ure, v. i. 1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.
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Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired,
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2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]
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