figureth

Verb

figure (third-person singular simple present figures, present participle figuring, simple past and past participle figured)

1. (US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
2. (US) To come to understand.
   • I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.
3. To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
   • We can figure on running a loss this year.
4. (US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
   • It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.

   Synonyms:

   check out, track, make sense, add up

5. (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
   • It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 554
6. (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
   • Although now to be met with in botanic gardens everywhere, there is a certain degree of interest attaching to the figure of it in B.M. 3,992 (1843), although that was by no means the first figure published, for Lambert, Sprengel, and Sir W. Hooker had previously figured it.1884 August 16, X. Y. Z., “Brazilian or Maté Tea”, in The Gardeners’ Magazine, volume 27 (New Series), number 1,007, page 451

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