Dictionary entry

Model (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mod″el, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Modeled (?) or Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Modeling or Modelling.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.