1) Decorating with a design 2) French word used in English 3) Representation 1) Symbolising 2) Symbolizing 
the act of giving figure or form
• (n.) Mixture of concords and discords. • (n.) The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form.
Fig`u·ra'tion noun [ Latin figuratio .] 1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon. 2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords. 
In music a figuration is a mixture of concords and discords.
[n] - representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory 2. [n] - decorating with a design
noun decorating with a design
recurrent melodic pattern.
the act of shaping into a particular figure. · the resulting figure or shape: emblematic figurations of the sun and the moon. · the act of representing figuratively. · a figurative representation: allegorical figurations. · the act of marking or adorning with a design. · · the employment of passing notes or other em...