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figurate

figurate adjective: forming a figure.

Adjective

figurate (not comparable)

  1. Forming a figure.
    • Normal urine is perfectly clear, containing neither crystalline nor any other organic figurate element, except possibly now and then traces of mucus.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
    • 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
  2. Florid.

Verb

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

  1. To shape; to give a figure.

Forms of figurate

third-person singular presentfigurates
present participlefigurating
past participlefigurated
pastfigurated

Origin of figurate

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

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

Words formed from figurate

Phrases with figurate

Questions about figurate

What does figurate mean?
Figurate means forming a figure.
What part of speech is figurate?
Figurate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near figurate in the dictionary

  1. figurant
  2. figurante
  3. figurantes
  4. figurants
  5. Figuras
  6. figurate
  7. figurate number
  8. figurate numbers
  9. figurated
  10. figurately
  11. figurates

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