figurate

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8

Definition of figurate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)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.”
    “Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist[…]”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)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.”
    “Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist[…]”
  2. (not-comparable)Florid.

verb

  1. To shape; to give a figure.

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Etymology

From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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