| Figure 1. (n.) The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. 2. (n.) The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. 3. (n.) A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure. 4. (n.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space enclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when enclosed by lines, and solid when enclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc. 5. (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person; as, a sorry figure. 6. (n.) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. 7. (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc. 8. (n.) Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. 9. (n.) A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative. 10. (n.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement. 11. (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 12. (n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. 13. (n.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 14. (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 15. (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment. 16. (n.) To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape. 17. (n.) To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 18. (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. 19. (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 20. (n.) To prefigure; to foreshow. 21. (n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 22. (n.) To embellish. 23. (v. t.) To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicuous; as, the envoy figured at court. 24. (v. t.) To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. 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