(n.) The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a
design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer
of a person; as, a sorry figure.
(n.) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
representation; splendor; show.
(n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
(n.) Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
estimated or sold at a low figure.
(n.) A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or
representative.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative
position of the middle term.
(n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a
dancer.
(n.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological
houses.
(n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a
group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct
impression.
(n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain
or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
(n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
(n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
(n.) To prefigure; to foreshow.
(n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other
characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
(n.) To embellish.
(v. t.) To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious;
as, the envoy figured at court.
(v. t.) To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring
to secure the nomination.
