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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Figure \Fig"ure\ (f[i^]g"[-u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. [1913 Webster] Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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 surfaces; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc. [1913 Webster] 5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person; as, a sorry figure. [1913 Webster] I made some figure there. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. [1913 Webster] That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law. [1913 Webster] 7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc. [1913 Webster] 8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest figure. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v. 14. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. [1913 Webster] 12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. [1913 Webster] 13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 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 phrase or motive; a florid embellishment. [1913 Webster] 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: -- 2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8 [1913 Webster] {Academy figure}, {Canceled figures}, {Lay figure}, etc. See under {Academy}, {Cancel}, {Lay}, etc. {Figure caster}, or {Figure flinger}, an astrologer. "This figure caster." --Milton. {Figure flinging}, the practice of astrology. {Figure-of-eight knot}, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See Illust. under {Knot}. {Figure painting}, a picture of the human figure, or the act or art of depicting the human figure. {Figure stone} (Min.), agalmatolite. {Figure weaving}, the art or process of weaving figured fabrics. {To cut a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Figure \Fig"ure\, v. i. 1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court. [1913 Webster] Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] {go figure} a phrase used by itself as an interjection to mean "How can one explain that?", or to express puzzlement over some seeming contradiction. [Colloq.] [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] If love, alas! be pain I bear, [1913 Webster] No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. [1913 Webster] The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. [1913 Webster] As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. [1913 Webster] Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To prefigure; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of. {To figure up}, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: figure n 1: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" [syn: {figure}, {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}, {figure}, {physique}, {anatomy}, {shape}, {bod}, {chassis}, {frame}, {form}, {flesh}] 3: one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits" [syn: {digit}, {figure}] 4: a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" 5: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music" [syn: {name}, {figure}, {public figure}] 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}, {figure}] 10: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense [syn: {trope}, {figure of speech}, {figure}, {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}, {figure}] 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}, {figure}, {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: {figure}, {enter}] 3: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: {visualize}, {visualise}, {envision}, {project}, {fancy}, {see}, {figure}, {picture}, {image}] 4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {calculate}, {cipher}, {cypher}, {compute}, {work out}, {reckon}, {figure}] 5: understand; "He didn't figure her" From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: figure /figyʀ/ figure; diagram; image; picture; representation; face