figurate

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adjective

Forming a figure.

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Meanings

figurate1

adjectivefigurate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableForming a figure.

    Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist[…]

    1978, Lawrence Marvin Solomon, Nancy B. Esterly, E. Dorinda Loeffel, Adolescent Dermatology, Saunders, →ISBN, page 414
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    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.

  2. not comparableentertainmentFlorid.

figurate2

verbfigurate (third-person singular simple present figurates, present participle figurating, simple past and past participle figurated)

present singular third person figurates · participle present figurating · participle past figurated · past figurated

  1. To shape; to give a figure.

Origin

figurate · adjective

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

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figurate · verb

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fruitage
Cite this entry
APA

figurate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figurate

MLA

“figurate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figurate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “figurate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figurate.

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