(Christianity, historical) An intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China.

simple past tense and past participle of figurize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figurize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figurate

present participle of figurize

(transitive) To treat in a figurative manner.

present participle of figurate

(idiomatic) Alternative form of it figures

(manner) In a figurative manner. / Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.

The act of giving figure or determinate form. / Form, outline or boundaries. / Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures. / Mixture of concords and discords.