verb
effigiate
Effigiate (verb) means to make a model or picture that represents someone or something.
verb
1
To make a model or picture that represents someone or something.
"In the same way CAUSALITY is effigiated, not merely by cogitating a WORKER, but by representing such an actuating thing as antecedes in time, and upon which somewhat else invariably follows."
— Immanuel Kant, J. W. Semple (2024)
"In other words, metaphysical wit discovers infinity in time, provides a transcendent vision of life and a means to truth, and effigiates, that is, portrays the secular in the sacred, the sacred in the secular."
— Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth (1995)
2
To shape or adjust something into a particular form.
3
To give bodily form to; to make apparent.
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Late Latin effigiātus, the past participle of effigiō ("to form"), from effigiēs; compare effigy.
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What is the meaning of effigiate?
"effigiate" (verb) means to make a model or picture that represents someone or something.
What are the different meanings of effigiate?
"effigiate" has 3 main meanings: 1. To make a model or picture that represents someone or something; 2. To shape or adjust something into a particular form; 3. To give bodily form to; to make apparent.
