One who figures or calculates.

(transitive) To account for or rely on a particular fact or notion; to calculate (something) using a set of facts. / (transitive) To plan or expect (something).

A drawing or diagram conveying information. / The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.

simple past tense and past participle of figure

(of a natural material) Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section. / Adorned with a figure or figures.

to understand after thinking; work out

Representing by means of a figure; emblematic. / Figurative, not literal. / (mathematics, obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure. / (obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape.

figuratively, in a figurative manner. / In a figurate manner; Using or forming a figure.

plural of figuration

The property of being figurative.