/fig'yeuh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of shaping into a particular figure.
2. the resulting figure or shape: emblematic figurations of the sun and the moon.
3. the act of representing figuratively.
4. a figurative representation: allegorical figurations.
5. the act of marking or adorning with a design.
6. Music.
a. the employment of passing notes or other embellishments.
b. the figuring of a bass part.
[ 1400-50; late ME figuracioun figuration- (s. of figuratio ) a shaping. See FIGURATE, -ION ]