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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
figured bass
    n 1: a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers
         to indicate the chords to be played [syn: figured bass,
         basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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