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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1599
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Figurat(e, p.p. and ppl. a. [e.m.E. figurate (1530), L.figūrātus.]
1. Represented or compared by a figure. a1500 Henr. Fab. 592.
This feinȝeit fox may weil be figurate To flatteraris a1500 Ib. 2920.
I sall thé tell Quharby thir beistis may be figurate 1551 Hamilton Catechism 183/40.
The wattir of baptyme is weil figurat be the Red Se 1581 Cath. Tr. 124/25.
Thir vordis … ar to be vndirstand as ane figurat loquutione
2. a. Formed into a figure. b. Ornamented with figures. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 511.
The idole of ane thing … sa appeiris … Within the mynd as it was figurait — 15.. Clariodus v. 58.
Riche arras with … . auld stories depaint and figurate 1567 Fleming Q. Mary 511.
Ane goune of blak figurat velvat 1597 Bk. Rates 11 b.
Taffaties figurat
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