Definition of figure

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

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Transfigure :: Transfigure (v. t.) To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.
Jugata :: "Jugata (n. pl.) The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate..
Pip :: Pip (n.) One of the conventional figures or spots on playing cards, dominoes, etc..
Aureole :: Aureole (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence..
Breve :: Breve (n.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service..
Enheahedron :: Enheahedron (n.) A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.
Blubber :: Blubber (v. i.) To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner..
Figure :: Figure (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure..
Blazon :: Blazon (v. t.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon..
Prism :: Prism (n.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms..
Desightment :: Desightment (n.) The act of making unsightly; disfigurement.
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Ecbasis :: Ecbasis (n.) A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.
Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles..
Plain :: Plain (superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin..
Read :: Read (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book..
Syllepsis :: Syllepsis (n.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
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