deform
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English deformen, from Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, infinitive of deformo, from de- + formo (“to form”), from the noun forma (“form”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
deform (third-person singular simple present deforms, present participle deforming, simple past and past participle deformed)
- (transitive) To remove the form of.
- (transitive) To remove the looks of; 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 [edit]
Translations [edit]
To spoil the form of
To spoil the looks of; to disfigure
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To alter the shape of by stress
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To become misshapen or changed in shape
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Derived terms [edit]
Adjective [edit]
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:
