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Webster 1913 Edition
Deform
De-form′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deformed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deforming
.] 1.
To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Deformed
, unfinished, sent before my timeInto this breathing world.
Shakespeare
2.
To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
Above those passions that this world
deform
. Thomson.
De-form′
,Adj.
Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.
[Obs.]
Sight so
Dry-eyed behold?
deform
what heart of rock could longDry-eyed behold?
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deform
DEFORM
,Verb.
T.
1.
To mar or injure the form; to alter that form or disposition of parts which is natural and esteemed beautiful, and thus to render it displeasing to the eye; to disfigure; as, a hump on the back deforms the body.2.
To render ugly or displeasing, by exterior applications or appendages; as, to deform the face by paint, or the person by unbecoming dress.3.
To render displeasing.Wintry blasts deform the year.
4.
To injure and render displeasing or disgusting; to disgrace; to disfigure moral beauty; as, all vices deform the character of rational beings.5.
To dishonor; to make ungraceful.DEFORM
,Adj.
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long
Dry-eyed behold?
Definition 2024
deform
deform
English
Verb
deform (third-person singular simple present deforms, present participle deforming, simple past and past participle deformed)
- (transitive) To change the form of, negatively.
- (transitive) To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
- a face deformed by bitterness
- (transitive) To mar the character of.
- a marriage deformed by jealousy
- (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
- (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Translations
to spoil the form of
to spoil the looks of; to disfigure
to alter the shape of by stress
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to become misshapen or changed in shape
Derived terms
Adjective
deform (comparative more deform, superlative most deform)
- (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- who so kild that monster most deforme, / And him in hardy battaile ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii: