Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deform"
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) 1.7 (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";
"twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn
an iron bar" [syn: {bend}, {twist}, {turn}] [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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