Figure FIG'URE, n. fig'ur. [L. figura, from figo, to fix or set. See Feign.]
1. The form of any thing as expressed by the outline or terminating extremities. Flowers have exquisite figures. A triangle is a figure of three sides. A square is a figure of four equal sides and equal angles.
2. Shape; form; person; as a lady of elegant figure.
A good figure, or person, in man or woman, gives credit at first sight to the choice of either.
3. Distinguished appearance; eminence; distinction; remarkable character. Ames made a figure in Congress; Hamilton, in the cabinet.
4. Appearance of any kind; as an ill figure; a mean figure.
5. Magnificence; splendor; as, to live in figure and indulgence.
6. A statue; an image; that which is formed in resemblance of something else; as the figure of a man in plaster.
7. Representation in painting; the lines and colors which represent an animal, particularly a person; as the principal figures of a picture; a subordinate figure.
8. In manufactures, a design or representation wrought on damask, velvet and other stuffs.
9. In logic, the order or disposition of the middle term in a syllogism with the parts of the question.
10. In arithmetic, a character denoting a number; as 2. 7. 9.
11. In astrology, the horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
12. In theology, type; representative.
Who was the figure of him that was to come. Rom 5.
13. In rhetoric, a mode of speaking or writing in which words are deflected from their ordinary signification, or a mode more beautiful and emphatical than the ordinary way of expressing the sense; the language of the imagination and passions; as, knowledge is the light of the mind; the soul mounts on the wings of faith; youth is the morning of life. In strictness, the change of a word is a trope, and any affection of a sentence a figure; but these terms are often confounded.
14. In grammar, any deviation from the rules of analogy or syntax.
15. In dancing, the several steps which the dancer makes in order and cadence, considered as they form certain figures on the floor.
FIG'URE, v.t. fig'ur.
1. To form or mold into any determinate shape.
Accept this goblet, rough with figured gold.
2. To show by a corporeal resemblance, as in picture or statuary.
3. To cover or adorn with figures or images; to mark with figures; to form figures in by art; as, to figure velvet or muslin.
4. To diversify; to variegate with adventitious forms of matter.
5. To represent by a typical or figurative resemblance.
The matter of the sacraments figureth their end.
6. To imagine; to image in the mind.
7. To prefigure; to foreshow.
8. To form figuratively; to use in a sense not literal; as figured expressions. [Little used.]
9. To note by characters.
As though a crystal glass the figured hours are seen.
10. In music, to pass several notes for one; to form runnings or variations.
FIG'URE, v.i. To make a figure; to be distinguished. The envoy figured at the court of St. Cloud.

figure n 1: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" [syn: figure, fig] 2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh] 3: one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits" [syn: digit, figure] 4: a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" 5: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music" [syn: name, figure, public figure] 6: a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape 7: an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested" 8: the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" 9: the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" [syn: number, figure] 10: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense [syn: trope, figure of speech, figure, image] 11: a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground [ant: ground] 12: a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" [syn: design, pattern, figure] 13: a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures" v 1: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast] 2: be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" [syn: figure, enter] 3: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure] 5: understand; "He didn't figure her"

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figure I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin figura, from fingere Date: 13th century 1. a. a number symbol ; numeral, digit b. plural arithmetical calculations <good at figures> c. a written or printed character d. value especially as expressed in numbers ; sum, price <sold at a low figure> e. plural digits representing an amount (as of money earned or points scored) <made six figures last year> <a score in double figures> 2. a. a geometric form (as a line, triangle, or sphere) especially when considered as a set of geometric elements (as points) in space of a given number of dimensions <a square is a plane figure> b. bodily shape or form especially of a person <a slender figure> c. an object noticeable only as a shape or form <figures moving in the dusk> 3. a. the graphic representation of a form especially of a person or geometric entity b. a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter 4. a person, thing, or action representative of another 5. a. figure of speech b. an intentional deviation from the ordinary form or syntactical relation of words 6. the form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term 7. an often repetitive pattern or design in a manufactured article (as cloth) or natural product (as wood) <a polka-dot figure> 8. appearance made ; impression produced <the couple cut quite a figure> 9. a. a series of movements in a dance b. an outline representation of a form traced by a series of evolutions (as with skates on an ice surface or by an airplane in the air) 10. a prominent personality ; personage <great figures of history> 11. a short coherent group of notes or chords that may constitute part of a phrase, theme, or composition II. verb (figured; figuring) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to represent by or as if by a figure or outline 2. to decorate with a pattern; also to write figures over or under (the bass) in order to indicate the accompanying chords 3. to indicate or represent by numerals 4. a. calculate b. conclude, decide <figured there was no use in further effort>; also assume <figure it will rain> c. regard, consider d. to appear likely <figures to win> intransitive verb 1. a. to be or appear important or conspicuous b. to be involved or implicated <figured in a robbery> 2. to perform a figure in dancing 3. compute, calculate 4. to seem rational, normal, or expected <that figures> 5. to make sense of something — used interjectionally in the phrase go figure to suggest that something is surprising or perplexing <why do they think women will buy this lie? Go figure — Ellen Bravo> • figurer noun

figure
n. & v.
--n.
1 a the external form or shape of a thing. b bodily shape (has a well-developed figure).
2 a a person as seen in outline but not identified (saw a figure leaning against the door). b a person as contemplated mentally (a public figure).
3 appearance as giving a certain impression (cut a poor figure).
4 a a representation of the human form in drawing, sculpture, etc. b an image or likeness. c an emblem or type.
5 Geom. a two-dimensional space enclosed by a line or lines, or a three-dimensional space enclosed by a surface or surfaces; any of the classes of these, e.g. the triangle, the sphere.
6 a a numerical symbol, esp. any of the ten in Arabic notation. b a number so expressed. c an amount of money, a value (cannot put a figure on it). d (in pl.) arithmetical calculations.
7 a diagram or illustrative drawing.
8 a decorative pattern.
9 a a division of a set dance, an evolution. b (in skating) a prescribed pattern of movements from a stationary position.
10 Mus. a short succession of notes producing a single impression, a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed.
11 (in full figure of speech) a recognized form of rhetorical expression giving variety, force, etc., esp. metaphor or hyperbole.
12 Gram. a permitted deviation from the usual rules of construction, e.g. ellipsis.
13 Logic the form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term.
14 a horoscope.
--v.
1 intr. appear or be mentioned, esp. prominently.
2 tr. represent in a diagram or picture.
3 tr. imagine; picture mentally.
4 tr. a embellish with a pattern (figured satin). b Mus. embellish with figures.
5 tr. mark with numbers (figured bass) or prices.
6 a tr. calculate. b intr. do arithmetic.
7 tr. be a symbol of, represent typically.
8 esp. US a tr. understand, ascertain, consider. b intr. colloq. be likely or understandable (that figures).
Phrases and idioms:
figured bass Mus. = CONTINUO. figure of fun a ridiculous person. figure on US count on, expect. figure out
1 work out by arithmetic or logic.
2 estimate.
3 understand. figure-skater a person who practises figure-skating. figure-skating skating in prescribed patterns from a stationary position.
Derivatives:
figureless adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF figure (n.), figurer (v.) f. L figura, figurare, rel. to fingere fashion

figure (figures, figuring, figured) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic. It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job... It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall... New Government figures predict that one in two marriages will end in divorce. N-COUNT 2. A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number. = digit N-COUNT 3. An amount or number that is in single figures is between zero and nine. An amount or number that is in double figures is between ten and ninety-nine. You can also say, for example, that an amount or number is in three figures when it is between one hundred and nine hundred and ninety-nine. Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%... Crawley, with 14, was the only other player to reach double figures... N-PLURAL: adj/num N 4. You refer to someone that you can see as a figure when you cannot see them clearly or when you are describing them. She waited, standing on the bridge, until his figure vanished against the grey backdrop of the Palace... N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n 5. In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person. ...a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman. N-COUNT 6. Your figure is the shape of your body. Take pride in your health and your figure... Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure. N-COUNT: with supp, oft poss/adj N 7. Someone who is referred to as a figure of a particular kind is a person who is well-known and important in some way. The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties. N-COUNT: with supp 8. If you say that someone is, for example, a mother figure or a hero figure, you mean that other people regard them as the type of person stated or suggested. Sometimes young lads just need to turn to a mother figure for a bit of a chat and reassurance. N-COUNT: with supp, usu n N, N of n 9. In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures. If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions... N-COUNT: also N num 10. In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. (TECHNICAL) Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure. N-COUNT: usu supp N 11. If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. (INFORMAL) She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience. VERB: V that 12. If you say 'That figures' or 'It figures', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising. (INFORMAL) When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures'... VERB: that/it V, also it V that 13. If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it. Human rights violations figured prominently in the report. VERB: no passive, V in n, also V as n

figure ˈfɪɡə n. & v. --n. 1 a the external form or shape of a thing. b bodily shape (has a well-developed figure). 2 a a person as seen in outline but not identified (saw a figure leaning against the door). b a person as contemplated mentally (a public figure). 3 appearance as giving a certain impression (cut a poor figure). 4 a a representation of the human form in drawing, sculpture, etc. b an image or likeness. c an emblem or type. 5 Geom. a two-dimensional space enclosed by a line or lines, or a three-dimensional space enclosed by a surface or surfaces; any of the classes of these, e.g. the triangle, the sphere. 6 a a numerical symbol, esp. any of the ten in Arabic notation. b a number so expressed. c an amount of money, a value (cannot put a figure on it). d (in pl.) arithmetical calculations. 7 a diagram or illustrative drawing. 8 a decorative pattern. 9 a a division of a set dance, an evolution. b (in skating) a prescribed pattern of movements from a stationary position. 10 Mus. a short succession of notes producing a single impression, a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed. 11 (in full figure of speech) a recognized form of rhetorical expression giving variety, force, etc., esp. metaphor or hyperbole. 12 Gram. a permitted deviation from the usual rules of construction, e.g. ellipsis. 13 Logic the form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term. 14 a horoscope. --v. 1 intr. appear or be mentioned, esp. prominently. 2 tr. represent in a diagram or picture. 3 tr. imagine; picture mentally. 4 tr. a embellish with a pattern (figured satin). b Mus. embellish with figures. 5 tr. mark with numbers (figured bass) or prices. 6 a tr. calculate. b intr. do arithmetic. 7 tr. be a symbol of, represent typically. 8 esp. US a tr. understand, ascertain, consider. b intr. colloq. be likely or understandable (that figures). øfigured bass Mus. = CONTINUO. figure of fun a ridiculous person. figure on US count on, expect. figure out 1 work out by arithmetic or logic. 2 estimate. 3 understand. figure-skater a person who practises figure-skating. figure-skating skating in prescribed patterns from a stationary position. øøfigureless adj. [ME f. OF figure (n.), figurer (v.) f. L figura, figurare, rel. to fingere fashion]

Figure \Fig"ure\ (?; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon. 2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak. 3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure. 4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc. 5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure. I made some figure there. --Dryden. Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. --Blackstone. 6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law. 7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc. 8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.] With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest figure. --Thackeray. 9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative. Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v. 14. 10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement. To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. --Macaulay. 11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. 13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. --Johnson. 14. (Music) (a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. --Grove. (b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment. Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose:

Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. 1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court. Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. --M. Arnold. 2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]

Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Figured; p. pr. & vb. n. Figuring.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See Figure, n.] 1. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape. If love, alas! be pain I bear, No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior. 2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak. 3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. --Dryden. 4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak. 5. To prefigure; to foreshow. In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak. 6. (Mus.) (a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. (b) To embellish. To figure out, to solve; to compute or find the result of. To figure up, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.

FIGURE fig'-ur, fig'-yur (cemel, cemel; tupos): The translation of cemel, or cemel, "a likeness or image"; perhaps a transposition of tselem, the usual word for likeness; it is elsewhere translated "idol" and "image" (De 4:16, "the similitude of any figure," the Revised Version (British and American) "in the form of any figure"); of tabhnith, "form or likeness" (Isa 44:13, "shapeth it (the idol) ... after the figure of a man"; compare De 4:16); of miqla`ath, "carving," "carved work" (1Ki 6:29: "And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm- trees and open flowers, within and without," only here and in 1Ki 6:32; 7:31 where the word is translated "carving" and "graying"); in the New Testament "figure" is the translation of tupos, primarily "a mark," "print," "impression," "something made by blows," hence, "figure," "statue," tropically "form," "manner"; a person bearing the form or figure of another, having a certain resemblance, preceding another to come, model, exemplar (Ac 7:43), "the figures (images) which ye made to worship them"; Ro 5:14, "who is the figure (Revised Version, "a figure") of him that was to come," that is, the first Adam was a type of the second Adam, Christ; of antitupon, that which corresponds to a type or model (Heb 9:24 the King James Version, "Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself"); the meaning is simply the correspondence, or likeness (of the tabernacle to heaven), therefore the Revised Version (British and American) renders "like in pattern to the true" (1Pe 3:21, "the like figure whereunto (even) baptism doth also now save us," i.e. baptism is the antitype of the ark "wherein .... eight souls were saved (or brought safely) through water," Revised Version "which also after a true likeness (m "in the antitype") doth now save you even baptism"); of parabole, "a placing alongside", a "comparison," "similitude," hence, image, figure, type (Heb 9:9, "which was a figure for the time then present," the American Standard Revised Version "which is a figure for the time present," the English Revised Version "parable" and "(now) present," namely, the entrance of the high priest into the Holy of Holies was a type of Christ's entrance into heaven; Heb 11:19, "from whence (from the dead) also he received him in a figure," i.e. Abraham received Isaac back from the dead as it were, in the likeness of a resurrection, he not being actually dead, the American Standard Revised Version "from whence he did also in a figure receive him back," the English Revised Version "in a parable"); metaschematizo, "to change the form or appearance," "to transfer figuratively" (1Co 4:6,"These things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos"; the Geneva version reads "I have figuratively described in my own person"). Paul is "substituting himself and Apollos for the teachers most in repute at Corinth that he might thus avoid personality." "Figure" is supplied in Ecclesiasticus 49:9, with en ombro, "He made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain," the Revised Version (British and American) "He remembered the enemies in storm," margin "(Greek) rain." The Revised Version (British and American) has "a figure" margin "an interpretation," for "the interpretation" (Pr 1:6; the word is melitsah, only here and Hab 2:6, meaning properly what is involved and needs interpretation; in Hab 2:6 it is translated "taunting proverb," the Revised Version, margin "riddle"); "figured stone" for "image of stone" (Le 26:1); "figured stones" for "pictures" (Nu 33:52). W. L. Walker

figure I. n. 1. Form, shape, conformation, configuration, outline, tournure. 2. Image, likeness, effigy, representation. 3. Appearance (as respects action or conduct). 4. Distinguished appearance. 5. Design (on cloth, paper, etc.), pattern. 6. (Geom.) Diagram, drawing. 7. (Rhet.) Metaphor, trope, image, metaphorical term or expression. 8. (Com.) Price. 9. (Theol.) Type, emblem, symbol. 10. (Arith.) Digit, number, numeral, character. II. v. a. 1. Adorn (with figures), diversify, variegate. 2. Represent, symbolize, signify, typify, be typical of, shadow forth. 3. Imagine, image, conceive, picture, represent, have an idea of. 4. Make a drawing of, make a representation of. 5. Calculate, compute, cipher. III. v. n. 1. Appear, act, perform, take or sustain the part of. 2. Make a figure, make a distinguished appearance, be distinguished, be conspicuous. 3. Show off, cut a dash, make a great show, cut a figure.

figure ˈfɪɡə n. 1 physique, build, shape, form, configuration, conformation, build, body, outline, silhouette; cut, cast; Slang bod, chassis: It's exercise that gives Kathy such a fine figure. 2 appearance, image, likeness, representation, semblance: The vision came to him in the figure of a dragon. 3 person, individual, human (being): A burly figure loomed up out of the fog. 4 statue, effigy, sculpture, bust, mould, cast, image, representation, idol, icon: Hundreds of figures are carved into the stone of the temple faúade. 5 picture, illustration, diagram, drawing, sketch, plate: See Figure 12 for a graph showing the rate of inflation for the past decade. 6 personality, celebrity, somebody, leader, personage, worthy, notable, individual, presence, force, character: Chaplin looms large as a figure in the history of comedy. 7 number, numeral, cipher, digit; character, symbol, device, sign; design, pattern, motif, emblem: His salary is in six figures. --v. 8 Often, figure up. calculate, compute, reckon, work out; count, enumerate, numerate, total, tot up, tally, sum: Please figure up how much I owe you. 9 picture, imagine, think, take, reckon, consider, calculate, judge, believe; assume, presume, suppose; accept, acknowledge, concede: I never figured her to be the guilty one. 10 act, participate, take or play a part or role, appear, feature, have a place; be included or mentioned, be featured or conspicuous: He does not figure in my plans. 11 figure on or upon. a rely or depend on or upon, count on or upon, trust in, put faith in: You mustn't figure on his help. b plan on or upon, take into consideration or account, consider, make allowance for: They were figuring on consumer demand for a better mousetrap. 12 figure out. a calculate, reckon, compute, work out: I haven't yet figured out last year's profits and losses. b decipher, translate, understand, interpret, solve, grasp, get, fathom, see, perceive, Colloq dig, make head(s) or tail(s) of, get through one's head, get the hang or drift of, catch on (to), get a fix on, Brit twig, suss out: Can you figure out what this article is trying to say?

715 Moby Thesaurus words for "figure": Aristotelian sorites, Establishment, Goclenian sorites, Platonic body, Platonic form, Platonic idea, VIP, accept, acclaim, acknowledge, act, acute-angled triangle, add, adornment, adumbrate, advert to, aesthetic form, algebraize, allude to, amount, anacrusis, anatomy, angle, apparition, appear, appearance, appraise, appreciate, archetype, aroma, arrange, art form, asiaticism, aspect, assess, assume, attribute, background, background detail, badge, baron, bass passage, be conspicuous, be demonstrable, be featured, be irrefutable, be logical, be reasonable, be somebody, be something, be taken as, bead, beauties, bejewel, believe, beribbon, bespangle, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig, binary digit, bit, blazon, block out, blueprint, bod, body, body forth, body-build, bones, bourdon, brand, brass, brass hat, bravura, bridge, brilliancy, brouillon, build, burden, bust, cachet, cadence, calculate, call, carcass, cartoon, carve, carving, cast, catch on to, categorical syllogism, celebrity, character, characteristic, charge, chart, chassis, chisel, chorus, cipher, class, clay, clod, coda, colors, colors of rhetoric, compute, concede, concert, conclude, configuration, conformation, consider, constellation, contour, contrive, copy, corpus, cost, count, count on, create, cube, cuboid, cusp, cut, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut out, cynosure, damage, daring, dash, decagon, decipher, decoration, decorative composition, decorative style, delineation, demonstrate, demonstration, denominate, denote, design, designate, detail, determine, development, device, devise, diagram, diamond, differentia, differential, dig, digit, dignitary, dignity, dilemma, display, distinctive feature, divide, division, dodecagon, dodecahedron, doll, dolly, dope out, draft, dramatics, drawing, dummy, earmark, ebauche, eclat, effect, effigy, efform, eidolon, elder, elegant variation, elevation, embellishment, emblem, emblematize, embody, embroidery, engrave, enthymeme, 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