figurationn.

/fɪɡjʊəˈreɪʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English figuracion.

Etymology: < French figuration, < Latin figūrātiōn-em , noun of action < figūrāre to fashion, figure v.

a. The action or process of forming into figure; determination to a certain form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping

moulding1327

shapinga1350

forming1401

plasmation?a1475

framing1551

figuration1561

characterization1570

efformation1578

modelizing1600

fictilage1610

shapening1647

modelling1706

licking1737

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) ii. xiv. 230 Finally the figuration of Christ, hath with them the place of begetting.

1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 4 The inward figuration of our brain or spirits into this or that representation.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iii. vi. 189 The Vessels serve for the Figuration of the Fruit.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 230 A mysticism like that of Tauler strives to escape all image and ‘figuration’.

b. quasi-concrete. The resulting form or shape; contour, outline.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [noun]

hue971

shapec1050

form1297

casta1300

entailc1320

fashionc1320

featurec1325

tailc1325

suitc1330

figuringc1385

figure1393

makinga1398

fasurec1400

facea1402

makec1425

proportionc1425

figuration?a1475

protracture1551

physiognomy1567

set1567

portraiturea1578

imagerya1592

model1597

plasmature1610

figurature1642

scheme1655

morphosis1675

turn1675

plasma1712

mould1725

format1936

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 199 The chiefe cite..is callede Brundusium..in that hit holdethe in the figuracion of hit the similitude of the hede of an herte.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 119/2 Constantinus caused a crosse after the same figuration to be made of golde and precious stone.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 143 Quincuncial forms..are also observable in animal figurations.

1697 T. Smith in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 249 The different shapes and figurations of letters in several ages of the world.

1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 8 The figuration and the motion of bodies strike our senses more immediately than most of their other properties.

1842 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 13 Their very figurations now appeared to reflect and repeat each other.

1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. iv. 71 Finite things were the figurations, the lineamentations of extension.

a. The action of representing figuratively; an allegorical or figurative representation.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > [noun]

figuration1561

bodying forth1818

physicalization1936

imagery1962

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > [noun] > use of figures

figuration1561

imagery1583

schematism1617

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips Pref. sig. B.ii^v It [sc. this Apocalips] sheweth vs also sondry descriptions & figurations of matters most weyghtie.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 266 The sacrament is not a bare figuration of the flesh of Christ.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 213 In Prophetick Figurations one individual Beast signifies a Multitude of men.

1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist (1739) 28 The..dark Intimations of the legal Types or Figurations.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pilgrims of Rhine xxvi. 291 The harmless Faun has been made the figuration of the most implacable of fiends.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xix. 256 The island-home..may have possibly added power and reality to the figuration.

b. The figurative style of painting. Cf. figurative adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles

pastositya1806

touchiness1813

scene painting1834

horror vacui1845

texture1845

daguerreotypism1846

fruitiness1869

tintiness1886

posterishness1930

painterliness1950

non-figuration1955

simultaneity1957

hard-edge1961

figuration1962

colourfield1967

1962 Listener 19 July 93/2 Some painters who persisted with figuration during the nineteen-fifties when it was least in favour.

3. The action of framing figures or shapes:

a. in dreams; in quot. quasi-concrete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > action or state of dreaming > specific aspect of

figuration1652

dream vision1702

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > vision or apparition > framing of visions

figuration1652

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 176 There is neither vertue nor efficacy in such fabrications, or figurations, from God, Angels, nature.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Figuration,..also a Chimerical Vision.

b. Ornamentation by means of figures or designs. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > production of or ornamentation by

pattern-drawing1749

patterning1860

figuration1866

pattern designing1881

1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxvi. 36–7 The figuration is wrought not by the loom, but by the needle.

†4. Mathematics.

a. The making of arithmetical figures. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic > [noun] > act of doing

figurationc1430

stating1798

summing1823

arithmetization1902

number crunching1968

c1430 Art Nombryng (1922) 2 Ffigure is clepede for protraccione of figuracione.

b. The multiplying of a number into itself (see figurate v. 5); involution. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > multiplication > into or by itself

quadratec1450

squaring1579

affection?1683

figurationa1690

involution1706

exponentiation1903

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 373 Figuration of the Sinister part of the Divisor.

5. Music. Employment of figurate or florid counterpoint; alteration of a theme or counterpoint by the introduction of passing-notes, rapid figures, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > variation

figuration1597

winding1664

variation1786

double1806

paraphrase1880

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 90 Phi. What is Figuration? Ma. When you sing one note of the plain-song long, and another short, etc.

a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 53 The Singing of the Nicene Creed..with all the Ornaments and figurations of Harmonie.

1883 Parry in Grove Dict. Music III. 759 The process is rather that of free figuration of two or three parts, giving in general a contrapuntal effect to the whole.

1889 Parry in Grove Dict. Music IV. 761 The mixed style, in which the figuration introduced consists chiefly of suspended concords [etc.].

6. A member of the Figures form (see figure n. 22b).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > division of pupils > Roman Catholic or Jesuit > specific form > pupil in

poet1674

rhetorician1676

grammarian1705

Syntaxian1705

philosopher1711

syntactician1774

poetician1895

figuration1904

1904 Ushaw Mag. XIV. 200 Whilst the Grammarians scored 16 the High Figurations scored 7.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	figuration
释义	figurationn. /fɪɡjʊəˈreɪʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English figuracion. Etymology: < French figuration, < Latin figūrātiōn-em , noun of action < figūrāre to fashion, figure v. 1. a. The action or process of forming into figure; determination to a certain form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping moulding1327 shapinga1350 forming1401 plasmation?a1475 framing1551 figuration1561 characterization1570 efformation1578 modelizing1600 fictilage1610 shapening1647 modelling1706 licking1737 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) ii. xiv. 230 Finally the figuration of Christ, hath with them the place of begetting. 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 4 The inward figuration of our brain or spirits into this or that representation. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iii. vi. 189 The Vessels serve for the Figuration of the Fruit. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 230 A mysticism like that of Tauler strives to escape all image and ‘figuration’. b. quasi-concrete. The resulting form or shape; contour, outline. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] hue971 shapec1050 form1297 casta1300 entailc1320 fashionc1320 featurec1325 tailc1325 suitc1330 figuringc1385 figure1393 makinga1398 fasurec1400 facea1402 makec1425 proportionc1425 figuration?a1475 protracture1551 physiognomy1567 set1567 portraiturea1578 imagerya1592 model1597 plasmature1610 figurature1642 scheme1655 morphosis1675 turn1675 plasma1712 mould1725 format1936 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 199 The chiefe cite..is callede Brundusium..in that hit holdethe in the figuracion of hit the similitude of the hede of an herte. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 119/2 Constantinus caused a crosse after the same figuration to be made of golde and precious stone. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 143 Quincuncial forms..are also observable in animal figurations. 1697 T. Smith in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 249 The different shapes and figurations of letters in several ages of the world. 1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 8 The figuration and the motion of bodies strike our senses more immediately than most of their other properties. 1842 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 13 Their very figurations now appeared to reflect and repeat each other. 1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. iv. 71 Finite things were the figurations, the lineamentations of extension. 2. a. The action of representing figuratively; an allegorical or figurative representation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > [noun] figuration1561 bodying forth1818 physicalization1936 imagery1962 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > [noun] > use of figures figuration1561 imagery1583 schematism1617 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips Pref. sig. B.ii^v It [sc. this Apocalips] sheweth vs also sondry descriptions & figurations of matters most weyghtie. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 266 The sacrament is not a bare figuration of the flesh of Christ. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 213 In Prophetick Figurations one individual Beast signifies a Multitude of men. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist (1739) 28 The..dark Intimations of the legal Types or Figurations. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pilgrims of Rhine xxvi. 291 The harmless Faun has been made the figuration of the most implacable of fiends. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xix. 256 The island-home..may have possibly added power and reality to the figuration. b. The figurative style of painting. Cf. figurative adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles pastositya1806 touchiness1813 scene painting1834 horror vacui1845 texture1845 daguerreotypism1846 fruitiness1869 tintiness1886 posterishness1930 painterliness1950 non-figuration1955 simultaneity1957 hard-edge1961 figuration1962 colourfield1967 1962 Listener 19 July 93/2 Some painters who persisted with figuration during the nineteen-fifties when it was least in favour. 3. The action of framing figures or shapes: a. in dreams; in quot. quasi-concrete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > action or state of dreaming > specific aspect of figuration1652 dream vision1702 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > vision or apparition > framing of visions figuration1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 176 There is neither vertue nor efficacy in such fabrications, or figurations, from God, Angels, nature. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Figuration,..also a Chimerical Vision. b. Ornamentation by means of figures or designs. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > production of or ornamentation by pattern-drawing1749 patterning1860 figuration1866 pattern designing1881 1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxvi. 36–7 The figuration is wrought not by the loom, but by the needle. †4. Mathematics. a. The making of arithmetical figures. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic > [noun] > act of doing figurationc1430 stating1798 summing1823 arithmetization1902 number crunching1968 c1430 Art Nombryng (1922) 2 Ffigure is clepede for protraccione of figuracione. b. The multiplying of a number into itself (see figurate v. 5); involution. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > multiplication > into or by itself quadratec1450 squaring1579 affection?1683 figurationa1690 involution1706 exponentiation1903 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 373 Figuration of the Sinister part of the Divisor. 5. Music. Employment of figurate or florid counterpoint; alteration of a theme or counterpoint by the introduction of passing-notes, rapid figures, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > variation figuration1597 winding1664 variation1786 double1806 paraphrase1880 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 90 Phi. What is Figuration? Ma. When you sing one note of the plain-song long, and another short, etc. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 53 The Singing of the Nicene Creed..with all the Ornaments and figurations of Harmonie. 1883 Parry in Grove Dict. Music III. 759 The process is rather that of free figuration of two or three parts, giving in general a contrapuntal effect to the whole. 1889 Parry in Grove Dict. Music IV. 761 The mixed style, in which the figuration introduced consists chiefly of suspended concords [etc.]. 6. A member of the Figures form (see figure n. 22b). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > division of pupils > Roman Catholic or Jesuit > specific form > pupil in poet1674 rhetorician1676 grammarian1705 Syntaxian1705 philosopher1711 syntactician1774 poetician1895 figuration1904 1904 Ushaw Mag. XIV. 200 Whilst the Grammarians scored 16 the High Figurations scored 7. 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