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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deform \De*form"\, a. [L. deformis de- + forma form: cf OF deforme, F. difforme. Cf {Difform}.] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.] Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deform \De*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deformed}; p. pr & vb n. {Deforming}.] [L. deformare de- + formare to form shape, fr forma: cf F. d['e]former. See {Form}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deform v 1: make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture" [ant: {form}] 2: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {distort}, {wring}] 3: cause to assume a crooked or angular form "bend the rod" [syn: {bend}, {twist}] [ant: {unbend}] 4: become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake" 5: alter the shape of something by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: {distort}, {strain}] 6: assume a different shape or form [syn: {change shape}, {change form}]
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