Figure, fig' -ur, s

the form of anything in outline; shape; distinguished appearance; appearance of any kind; magnificence; representation in painting, in drawing, .; a price; a statue; an image; the form of a syllogism with respect to the disposition of the middle term [Logic]; a character denoting a number [Arith.]; a diagram [Geom.]; the horoscope [Astrol.]; type, representative, or symbol (Theol.]; a mode of speaking or writing, in which words are deflected from their ordinary signification [Rhet.]; the several steps or movements which the dancer makes in accordance with the music [Dancing]: v.a. to form into any determinate shape; to make a resemblance of; to cover or adorn with figures;to diversify;to represent typically or figuratively;to image in the mind; to prefigure;to note by characters: v.n. to make a figure (L. figura, from fin go, to form).