figure vs reason

figure

verb
  • To be reasonable. 

  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

noun
  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A number, an amount. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • A shape. 

  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

reason

verb
  • To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational 

  • To support with reasons, as a request. 

  • To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. 

  • To persuade by reasoning or argument. 

  • To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument. 

  • To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons. 

  • To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue. 

noun
  • That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. 

  • An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. 

  • A premise placed after its conclusion. 

  • A motive for an action or a determination. 

  • Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. 

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