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Forming a figure.
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Usage: not-comparable
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- 1880, Alex. Napier, translator, A Handbook of Physical Diagnosis, translation of, 1877, Paul Guttmann, [unknown title], third German edition; New York: William Wood & Company, page 296, Normal urine is perfectly clear, containing neither crystalline nor any other organic figurate element, except possibly now and then traces of mucus.
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Florid.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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To shape; to give a figure.
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Etymology tree English figure Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English figurate From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology tree English figure Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English figurate From figure + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
