Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fashioned"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fashioned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Fashioning}.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.

Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and
refine the age. --Cowper.

2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and
conditions of the people. --Spenser.

3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
--Locke.

4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak.

{Fashioning needle} (Knitting Machine), a needle used for
widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fashioned \Fash"ioned\, a.
Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned;
new-fashioned.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fashioned
adj : planned and made or fashioned artistically; "beautifully
fashioned dresses"


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