n. [ L. configuratio. ]
It is the variety of configurations [ of the mouth ] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]
They [ astrologers ] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Psychol.) an approach to psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties.
n. Disfiguration; mutilation. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration. ] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. figuratio. ]
n. [ L. praefiguratio. ] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. [ 1913 Webster ]
A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]