figurate
Britishadjective
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music exhibiting or produced by figuration; florid or decorative
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having a definite or particular shape or figure
Other Word Forms
- figurately adverb
Etymology
Origin of figurate
C15: from Latin figūrāre to shape
Example Sentences
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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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
The figurate frieze in the library was the work of the painter Josef Engerhart.
From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Therefore a rectangled rationall of rationall sides, is here understood: And the figurate thereof, is called, by the generall name, A Plaine: Because of all the kindes of Plaines, this kinde onely is rationall.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
The number of a rationall figure, is called a Figurate number: And the numbers of which it is made, the Sides of the figurate.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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