figuration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory
  2. noun decorating with a design

WordNet

Fig`u*ra"tion noun
Etymology
L. figuratio.
Definitions
  1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon.
  2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords.

Webster 1913