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deform


Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. "Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold?" (Milton)

Origin: L. Deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. Deforme, F. Difforme. Cf. Difform.

1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure. "Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world." (Shak)

2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. "Above those passions that this world deform." (Thomson)

Origin: L. Deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. Forma: cf. F. Deformer. See Form.

Source: Websters Dictionary