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figured

/ˈfɪɡəd/ adjective B1
  1. Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section. · Figured wood is especially sought after for its distinctive texture.
  2. Adorned with a figure or figures.
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Mademoiselle Eugénie was dressed with elegant simplicity in a figured white silk dress, and a white rose half concealed in her jet black hair was her only ornament, unaccompanied by a single jewel.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 967 · C1
“Well, you figured it out about right,” said Douglas approvingly.
The Valley of Fear, p. 94 · C1
The man he sacrificed to his ambition, that innocent victim immolated on the altar of his father’s faults, appeared to him pale and threatening, leading his affianced bride by the hand, and bringing with him remorse, not such as the ancients figured, furious and terrible, but that slow and consuming agony whose pangs are intensified from hour to hour up to the very moment of death.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 85 · C1
“Nonsense,” said Diana, whose black eyes and glossy tresses had played such havoc with the hearts of Avonlea schoolboys that her name figured on the porch walls in half a dozen take-notices.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 111 · C1

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