figurate

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Adverb[edit]

figurate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of figuri

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

figurate

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Participle[edit]

figurate f pl

  1. feminine plural of figurato

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

figūrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of figūrō

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Verb[edit]

figurate

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