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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Figured; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Figuring.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See
     Figure, n.]
     1. 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.
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              If love, alas! be pain I bear,
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              No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior.
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     2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
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              The vaulty top of heaven
              Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak.
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     3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
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              As through a crystal glass the figured hours are
              seen.                                 --Dryden.
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     4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
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              Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak.
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     5. To prefigure; to foreshow.
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              In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak.
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     6. (Mus.)
        (a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other
            characters, in order to indicate the accompanying
            chords.
        (b) To embellish.
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     To figure out, to solve; to compute or find the result of.
        
  
     To figure up, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Figured \Fig"ured\, a.
     1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured
        muslin.
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     2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke.
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     3. (Mus.)
        (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See
            Figurate, 3.
        (b) Indicated or noted by figures.
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     Figured bass. See Continued bass, under Continued.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Figured; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Figuring.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See
     Figure, n.]
     1. 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.
  
              If love, alas! be pain I bear,
  
              No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior.
  
     2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
  
              The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with
              burning meteors.                      --Shak.
  
     3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
  
              As through a crystal glass the figured hours are
              seen.                                 --Dryden.
  
     4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
  
              Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak.
  
     5. To prefigure; to foreshow.
  
              In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak.
  
     6. (Mus.)
        (a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other
            characters, in order to indicate the accompanying
            chords.
        (b) To embellish.
  
     To figure out, to solve; to compute or find the result of.
        
  
     To figure up, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Figured \Fig"ured\, a.
     1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured
        muslin.
  
     2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke.
  
     3. (Mus.)
        (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See
            Figurate, 3.
        (b) Indicated or noted by figures.
  
     Figured bass. See Continued bass, under Continued.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  figured
       adj : of e.g. fabric design; "my dress is richly figured"- Amy
             Lowell

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  figured
     a.
     1 (lb en of a natural material) Having a pattern considered
  attractive appearing on a section.
     2 Adorned with a figure or figures.
     vb.
     (infl of en figure  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  figured
     a.
     1 (lb en of a natural material) Having a pattern considered
  attractive appearing on a section.
     2 Adorned with a figure or figures.
     vb.
     (infl of en figure  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  figured
     a.
     1 (lb en of a natural material) Having a pattern considered
  attractive appearing on a section.
     2 Adorned with a figure or figures.
     vb.
     (infl of en figure  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  figured
     a.
     1 (lb en of a natural material) Having a pattern considered
  attractive appearing on a section.
     2 Adorned with a figure or figures.
     vb.
     (infl of en figure  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  figured
     Englanti a.
     kuviollinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  figured
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en figure ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb figure)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Figured /fˈɪɡəd/
  مصوّر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/ 
  pochopil

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/ 
  vzorovaný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/
  beziffert
     Synonyms: numbered, markes with numbers
  
   see: number sth., mark sth. with numbers, figure sth., numbering, marking with numbers, figuring
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/
  erschienen, aufgetaucht
   see: figure, figuring
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/
  figürlich, gemustert 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/
  figuriert
   see: figure, figuring
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/
  herausgefunden, herausbekommen, rausgekriegt, auf/hinter gekommen
     Synonyms: figured out, puzzled out, worked out
  
   see: figure out sth., puzzle out sth., work out sth., figure sth., figuring out, puzzling out, working out, figuring, You have to work that out for yourself., Let me just work it out., Don't worry, we'll figure something out.
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  figured //ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd// //ˈfɪɡəd// 
  kuviollinen
  having an attractive pattern

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  figured /fˈɪɡəd/ 
  1. अलंकृत

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɪɡjɝd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "figured":
     adorned, allusive, arranged, beaded, bedecked, bedizened,
     befrilled, bejeweled, beribboned, bespangled, blueprinted,
     calculated, charted, colored, contrived, decked out, decorated,
     designed, devised, embellished, embroidered, fancy, feathered,
     festooned, figurative, florid, flowered, flowery, garnished,
     in the works, jeweled, lush, luxuriant, mannered, metaphorical,
     methodized, on the agenda, on the anvil, on the calendar,
     on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis, organized, ornamented,
     ornate, overcharged, overloaded, planned, plotted, plumed,
     projected, purple, rationalized, referential, scheduled,
     schematized, set, shaped, spangled, spangly, strategetic,
     strategic, studded, sur le tapis, systematized, tactical,
     tricked out, trimmed, trolatitious, tropological, worked out,
     wreathed
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 有形状的,用图画表现的

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