Rūpatā (feminine) [abstract from rūpa] (being) shape(d), appearance; accordance, conformity, in phrase bhavya-rūpatāya "by appearance of likelihood" A II 191 (in hearsay formula, where it is missing in the same passage at Nidd II §151).
(fem, fem, abstr, from rūpa) appearance [lit.] matter state Construction: √rūp + a + tā rūpa + tā