Dictionary entry

Deform

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐form″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deformed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deforming.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. forma: cf. F. déformer. 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.