figuration

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Late Middle English figuracion, from Middle French figuration, from Latin figūrō (“to form”). Equivalent to figurate + -ion.

I stared earnestly at the rocky slopes on either hand, but could not have sworn their figuration was changed. — The Frozen Pirate, William Clark Russell
_Signum in modum liburnae figuration _corresponds with the vehiculum there spoken of; the real thing being, according to Ritter's view, a pinnace placed on wheels. — The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus

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