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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Figure \Fig"ure\ (?; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything shape; outline; appearance. Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon. 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. A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak. 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. 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 superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc 5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as a sorry figure. I made some figure there --Dryden. Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. --Blackstone. 6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law. 7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as 1, 2,3, etc 8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.] With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest figure. --Thackeray. 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. Who is the figure of Him that was to come --Rom. v. 14. 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. To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. --Macaulay. 11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. 13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. --Johnson. 14. (Music) a Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. --Grove. b A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment. Note: 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 2/4 signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose: From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. 1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as the envoy figured at court. Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. --M. Arnold. 2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. If love, alas! be pain I bear, No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior. 2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak. 3. To indicate by numerals; also to compute. As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. --Dryden. 4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak. 5. To prefigure; to foreshow. In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak. 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. {To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of {To figure up}, to add to reckon; to compute the amount of From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: figure n 1: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" [syn: {fig}] 2: alternative names for the body of a human being "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: {human body}, {physical body}, {material body}, {soma}, {build}, {physique}, {anatomy}, {shape}, {bod}, {chassis}, {frame}, {form}, {flesh}] 3: a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation [syn: {decimal digit}] 4: a representation of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" 5: a well-known person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France" [syn: {name}] 6: a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape 7: an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested" 8: the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" 9: the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" [syn: {number}] 10: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense [syn: {trope}, {figure of speech}, {image}] 11: a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground [ant: {ground}] 12: a decorative or artistic work "the coach had a design on the doors" [syn: {design}, {pattern}] 13: a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures" v 1: judge to be probable [syn: {calculate}, {estimate}, {reckon}, {count on}, {forecast}] 2: be or play a part of or in "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" [syn: {enter}] 3: imagine; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen" [syn: {visualize}, {envision}, {project}, {fancy}, {see}, {picture}, {image}] 4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {calculate}, {cipher}, {cypher}, {compute}, {reckon}] 5: understand (informal); "He didn't figure her"
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