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[As if from a Latin figural is , from figura = a figure; O. Sp. figural ; Ital. figu rale.] IMG:content-1612.png:[blocks in formation] *figurate-descant, s. Music: (See extract.) IMG:content-1613.png:[blocks in formation] in which m determines the nature of the series, and n is dependent upon the place of the required term of the series. Figurate series are divided mto orders: when m =0, the series is of the 1st order; when m =1, the series is of the 2d order; when m = 2, the series is of the 3d order, and so on. The figurate series of the first order is the series of sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-1614.png:[blocks in formation] 1824 (4) The representation of any form, as by carv ing, modeling, painting, drawing, embroidery, weaving, or any other proce . (Used especially of the human body.) (5) In the same sense as II. 1. "To arsmetrike he drough, And his figours drough aldai and his numbre caste." St. Edmund Confe or , 223. *(6) A character in writing. "Write in these the figures of their love." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, v. 1. 2. Figuratively : (1) An appearance; the impre ion caused by the conduct, manners, or actions of a person. either as a maid, a wife, or a widow."- Add is on : Guard- "Not a woman shall be unexplained that makes a figure tan. (2) One who plays or sustains a part; a charac- ter; as, He is the principal figure in the transac- tion. "The number 30 is a figurated number, because times ten, or five times six, make this number."-Potter: On the Number 666, p. 195. fig'-u-rate-ly, adv. [Eng. figurate; -ly.] Ina figurate or figurative manner; figuratively. "Hee dare not understand this thyng as figurately spoken."- Frith : Works , p. 35.