figurate

figurate

English

Etymology 1

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

    Adjective

    figurate (not comparable)

    1. Forming a figure.
      • 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.
      • 1978, Lawrence Marvin Solomon, Nancy B. Esterly, E. Dorinda Loeffel, Adolescent Dermatology, Saunders, →ISBN, page 414:
        Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist []
    2. (music) Florid.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

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

      Verb

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

      1. To shape; to give a figure.
      Derived terms

      Anagrams

      Esperanto

      Adverb

      figurate

      1. present adverbial passive participle of figuri

      Italian

      Etymology 1

      Verb

      figurate

      1. inflection of figurare:
        1. second-person plural present indicative
        2. second-person plural imperative

      Etymology 2

      Participle

      figurate f pl

      1. feminine plural of figurato

      Latin

      Etymology

        From figūrātus + .

        Adverb

        figūrātē (comparative figūrātius)

        1. figuratively
          Synonym: figūrātō

        Verb

        figūrāte

        1. second-person plural present active imperative of figūrō

        Participle

        figūrāte

        1. vocative masculine singular of figūrātus

        References

        • figurate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • figurate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

        Spanish

        Verb

        figurate

        1. second-person singular voseo imperative of figurar combined with te