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figurable, a.|ˈfɪgjʊərəb(ə)l|
[f. figure v. + -able.]
1. Capable of receiving a definite figure or form.
1605Z. Jones tr. De Loyer's Specters 45 Much lesse can they take a body of the Ayre for that is not figurable. 1644Digby Nat. Bodies xvi. (1645) 177 Wax remaineth figurable, whether it be melted or congealed. 1755Johnson s.v. Thus lead is figurable, but not water. In mod. Dicts.
2. Capable of being represented figuratively.
1880G. Meredith Trag. Com. xvi. (1892) 228 He waited, figureable by nothing so much as a wild horse in captivity. |