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Webster's English Dictionary

figurative

a. [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. ()

This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. (Hooker.)

2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. ()

3. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description. ()

4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. ()

They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. (J. A. Symonds.)

Figurative counterpoint or Figurative descant. See under Figurate. ()

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