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judge to be probable

a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"

be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"

a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"

the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"

a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"

a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

understand; "He didn't figure her"

judge to be probable

a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"

be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"

a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"

the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"

a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"

a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.

A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.

A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.

The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.

Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.

A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.

Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.

A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.

A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.

The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.

A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.

Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.

To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.

To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.

To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

To prefigure; to foreshow.

To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.

To embellish.

To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.

To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.

A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.

A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.

The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.

Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.

A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.

Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.

A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.

A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.

The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.

A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.

Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.

To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.

To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.

To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

To prefigure; to foreshow.

To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.

To embellish.

To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.

To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.

The outline or shape of a person or object; appearance; an image or statue; drawn or painted representation of a person; idea; pattern; type; sign or character denoting a number; a movement in a dance; musical phrase, or repeated theme; value or cost; as, the goods were sold at a high figure; a space bounded on all sides by lines or planes; a special or peculiar use of words; as, a figure of speech.

To form into any determinate shape; show by resemblance; represent; symbolize; adorn or cover with a pattern; calculate or compute.

To be conspicuous; colloquially, to cipher; calculate.

The form of anything in outline; the representation of anything in drawing, etc.; a drawing; a design; a statue; appearance; a character denoting a number; value or price; (rhet.) a deviation from the ordinary mode of expression, in which words are changed from their literal signification or usage; (logic) the form of a syllogism with respect to the position of the middle term; steps in a dance; a type or emblem.

To form or shape; to make an image of; to mark with figures or designs; to imagine; to symbolize; to foreshow; to note by figures.

To make figures; to appear as a distinguished person.

To make an image of; mark with figures; note by figures.

To make figures; appear conspicuously.

To compute; calculate.

To form an image of depict; imagine.

To mark with figures.

To symbolize; prefigure.

To make a figure; be conspicuous.

To compute; cipher.

Shape; appearance.

A drawing or other representation; figurative language; a metaphor; a type.

An active or conspicuous person; distinction.

A numeral; hence, amount; price.

One of the regular movements of a dance in which a certain set of steps is completed.

Figured.

Countenance.

An epithet for a compressive bandage, applied over the head after bleeding from the frontal vein. It has also been called bandage royal.

The outline of an organ or a part.

n. [Latin] Form of any thing; shape; fashion; outline:—distinguished appearance; eminence;—the representation of any form by drawing;—painting, &c.; an image; a statue; a drawing;- a pattern copied in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;—appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person;—a character standing for, or representing, a number; a numeral; a digit, as 1, 2, 3, &c.;—value as expressed in numbers; price;—a type or representative;—mode of speaking or writing in which words are diverted from their literal sense; metaphor; trope;—the form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term;—in astrology, the horoscope.

The figure of any thing as terminated by the out lines; shape; person, external form, appearance mean or grand; distinguished appearance, eminence, remarkable character; a statue, an image; representations in painting; a character denoting a number; the horoscope, the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses; in theology, type, representative; in rhetorick, any mode of speaking in which words are detorted from their literal and primitive sense; in grammar, any deviation from the rules of analogy or syntax.