figurate

/ ˈfɪɡjʊrɪt /

adjective

1. music exhibiting or produced by figuration; florid or decorative
2. having a definite or particular shape or figure

Derived Forms

• ˈfigurately, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of figurate¹

C15: from Latin figūrāre to shape

Example Sentences

Figure 124 is copied from Maffei's Gemme Antiche Figurate, vol.

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Consists of varions emblems of the triad and the unit, drawn almost exclusively from Grecian, Etruscan, Roman, and Indian gems, figures, coins, or sculptures, Maffei's Gemme Antiche Figurate, Raponi's Recueil, and Moor's Hindu Pantheon, being the chief authorities.

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The numbers obtained by giving n any value in these expressions are of the first, second, third, ... or rth order of figurate numbers.

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Figurate music was not permitted in the Court Chapel, and its Organ was small and inadequate.

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I was growed and had one child at surrender, and my mother told me I was a woman of my own when Old Missie sot us free, jus' after surrender, so you can figurate my age from that.

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