Definition of figure

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Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

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Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory..
Brocatel :: Brocatel (n.) A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc..
Many-sided :: Many-sided (a.) Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic..
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets..
Repetend :: Repetend (n.) That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7/8/), the repetend is 283..
Work :: Work (n.) Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery..
Deform :: Deform (v. t.) To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Glyptic :: Glyptic (a.) Figured; marked as with figures.
Quadrilateral :: Quadrilateral (n.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines..
Sum :: Sum (v. t.) To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up..
Desightment :: Desightment (n.) The act of making unsightly; disfigurement.
Figurehead :: Figurehead (n.) The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship..
Isagon :: Isagon (a.) A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.
Epitrope :: Epitrope (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., He that is unjust, let him be unjust still..
Contour :: Contour (n.) The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery..
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw..
Stereomonoscope :: Stereometry (n.) The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.
Decahedron :: Decahedron (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.
Rectilinear :: Rectilinear (a.) Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course..
Heptagon :: Heptagon (n.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
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