Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Figuration \Fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. figuratio.]
   1. The act of giving figure or determinate form;
      determination to a certain form. --Bacon.

   2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords.

Source : WordNet®

figuration
     n 1: representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory
     2: decorating with a design