figurate
verbEtymology From figure + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
1
To shape; to give a figure.
- Derived terms
- figuration, prefigurate, refigurate
figurate
adjEtymology From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
1
Forming a figure.
- 1880, Alex. Napier, translator, A Handbook of Physical Diagnosis, translation of, 1877, Paul Guttmann, [unknown title], third German edition; New York: William Wood & Company, page 296, Normal urine is perfectly clear, containing neither crystalline nor any other organic figurate element, except possibly now and then traces of mucus.
- Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist[…]1978, Lawrence Marvin Solomon, Nancy B. Esterly, E. Dorinda Loeffel, Adolescent Dermatology, Saunders, →ISBN, page 414:
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Florid.
- Derived terms
- figurately, figurate number