figurementn.
/ˈfɪɡəmənt//ˈfɪɡjʊəmənt/ rare.
a. Presentation of figures to the mind.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > collectively
imagery1595
figurement1850
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 239 But yesternight, with figurement most clear, I dreamt.
b. Introduction as a figure or ornament.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of
fayingc1230
arrayingc1340
anorninga1382
orninga1382
adornmentc1405
garnishing1463
adorning1495
ornamenta1513
ourningc1540
furniture1548
gracing1588
adorn1590
outsetc1590
furnishing1594
adornation1597
bedecking1598
busking1628
ornamenting1718
engrailing1753
figurement1879
1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. xiv. 255 An embellishment..such truly as should one day gain for them an inweaving and figurement—in the place of bees, ermine tufts [etc.]..upon the august great robes.
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