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figured definition

fig·ured (-yərd)

adjective

  1. shaped; formed
  2. represented or shown by a picture, diagram, etc.
  3. having a design or pattern
  4. Music marked with figures (Arabic numerals) representing the appropriate accompanying chords: said of the bass

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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