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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

figuration
    n 1: representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory
    2: decorating with a design

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Figuration \Fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. figuratio.]
   1. The act of giving figure or determinate form;
      determination to a certain form. --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for figuration:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, alphabet, archetype, art, art form, blueprint, build, cast, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, configuration, conformation, contour, conventional representation, creation, cut, dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment, diagram, drama, drawing, efformation, exemplification, fashion, fashioning, features, figure, form, format, formation, formature, forming, frame, framework, genre, gestalt, hieroglyphic, iconography, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, impression, inner form, layout, letter, limning, line, lineaments, lineation, lines, logogram, logograph, main features, make, makeup, map, matrix, modality, mode, model, modeling, mold, molding, morphogenesis, morphogeny, musical notation, notation, outline, pattern, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, profile, projection, prototype, realization, relief, rendering, rendition, representation, schema, score, script, sculpture, set, shape, shapes, shaping, significant form, silhouette, skeleton, stamp, structure, style, syllabary, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, tablature, tournure, turn, type, typification, writing

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