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adj. Forming a figure.

adj. Of a definite form or figure.

adj. Figurative; metaphorical.

adj. Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony.

Of a certain determinate form or shape; resembling something of a determinate figure: as, figurate stones (stones or fossils resembling shells).

Involving a figure of speech; figurative.

In music, characterized by the use of passing-notes; florid: opposed to simple: as, figurate counterpoint. Also figural, figurative, figured.

To figure or represent.

"But however much we might be writing as an attempt to figurate an otherwise inarticulable awareness of our own fucked-upness (and to thereby comprehend and control it), the full reality may be less simple."

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figurative    metaphorical    florid