Figurate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Figurate is an adjective meaning Forming a figure.
Meaning
Forming a figure.
More Meanings
- (music) Florid.
- To shape; to give a figure.
Example Sentences
Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist[…]
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.
Word Forms
- figurates
- figurating
- figurated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include figulated, figured, shapen, contextured, bondforming, jugate.
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