See Also: deform(medicine)
deform(1)(dictionary)
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deform(dictionary)

deform(2) (iou)



deform verb. LME.
[Old French difformer, de(s)former (mod. difformer, deformer) from medieval Latin difformare, Latin deformare, formed as DIS-, DE- 3 + forma FORM noun.]
verb trans. Mar the beauty or excellence of; disfigure, deface. LME.
N. Hawthorne The square..had mean little huts, deforming its ample space.
verb trans. Spoil the form or shape of; misshape. LME.
Shakespeare Richard III Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd.
verb trans. Chiefly Science. Alter the form or configuration of. LME.
D. Cameron A tendency for the wind to deform the balloon.
verb intrans. Chiefly Science. Undergo deformation. (rare before M20.) M18.
Which? If the driver hits the wheel this bracket deforms, absorbing some of the force.
deformer noun L15.