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Figuration   /fˌɪgjərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Figuration

noun
1.
Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.
2.
Decorating with a design.





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"Figuration" Quotes from Famous Books



... has "Martabat Saltanah" (for Sultaniyah) which may mean a royal Divan. The "Martabah" is a mattress varying in size and thickness, stuffed with cotton and covered with cloths of various colours and the latter mostly original and admirable of figuration but now supplanted by the wretched printed calicoes of civilisation. It is placed upon the ground and garnished with cushions which are usually of length equally the width of the mattress and of a height measuring about half of that ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Figuration" :   symbolising, figure, decoration, representation, symbolizing


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