figurate

figurate

English

Etymology

figure +‎ -ate

Adjective

figurate (not comparable)

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.

   • 1978, Lawrence Marvin Solomon, Nancy B. Esterly, and E. Dorinda Loeffel, Adolescent Dermatology, Saunders, →ISBN, page 414,

     Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist […]

2. (music) Florid.

Derived terms

• figurate number
• figurately

Anagrams

• fruitage

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Esperanto

Adverb

figurate

1. present adverbial passive participle of figuri

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Italian

Verb

figurate

1. second-person plural present indicative of figurare
2. second-person plural imperative of figurare
3. feminine plural of figurato

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Latin

Verb

figūrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of figūrō

References

• figurate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• figurate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette