1. figuration(n = noun.act) - representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory;
is a kind of representation
has particulars: symbolising, symbolizing
Derived form verb figure3
2. figuration(n = noun.act) - decorating with a design;
is a kind of decoration
1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
2. Mixture of concords and discords. [1913 Webster]
figuration, n.
1 a the act of formation. b a mode of formation; a form. c a shape or outline.
2 a ornamentation by designs. b Mus. ornamental patterns of scales, arpeggios, etc., often derived from an earlier motif.
3 allegorical representation.
Etymology:
ME f. F or f. L figuratio (as FIGURE)
N form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation, formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable.