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

• figurate number
• figurately

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

• prefigurate
• refigurate
• figuration

Anagrams

• fruitage

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

Verb

figūrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of figūrō

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