"figurate" meaning in English

See figurate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|figure|-ate|id2=adjective|pos2=adjective-forming suffix}} figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} figurate (not comparable)
  1. Forming a figure. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-figurate-en-adj-MqkeVvOq
  2. (music) Florid. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-figurate-en-adj-HyVL4Swc Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 78 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 11 65 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 37 6 44 6 4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: figurate number, figurately
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: figurates [present, singular, third-person], figurating [participle, present], figurated [participle, past], figurated [past]
Etymology: From figure + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|figure|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} figure + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-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 forms: prefigurate, refigurate, figuration
    Sense id: en-figurate-en-verb-aGCJ05~5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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,\nNormal urine is perfectly clear, containing neither crystalline nor any other organic figurate element, except possibly now and then traces of mucus."
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