Dictionary entry

Conformation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con′for‐ma″tion (?), n. [L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation.] 1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality.

I. Watts.

2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.

In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences.

Lowth.

A structure and conformation of the earth.

Woodward.