deform

deform
deform1
deformable, adj.deformability, n.deformative, adj.deformer, n.
/di fawrm"/, v.t.
1. to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
2. to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil: The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.
3. to change the form of; transform.
4. Geol., Mech. to subject to deformation: The metal was deformed under stress.
v.i.
5. to undergo deformation.
[1350-1400; ME deformen < L deformare, equiv. to de- DE- + formare to FORM]
Syn. 1. misshape. See mar. 2. ruin.
deform2
/di fawrm"/, adj. Archaic.
deformed; ugly.
[1350-1400; ME defo(u)rme < L deformis, equiv. to de- DE- + -formis -FORM]

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