Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Figurá-re, v. a.
1. to figure, form, engrave, represent by painting or sculpture; 2. to fancy, figure, imagine; 3. to be a figure of, express;4. to figure, define, describe; 5. to complete, finish, accomplish, perfect; 6. to call to memory or mind, recollect; 7. to recognize by the face or gestures, v. r. to figure to one's self, imagine; s. m. Figurá-tóre, f. Figurá-tríce; adj. Figurá-nte.
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figurare: to figure, to forme, to image, to shape. Also to conceiue or fashion in minde.