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单词 deform
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deformn.

Etymology: < deform v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈform.
The action of deforming, deformation: opposed to reform.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun]
disfigurec1386
deformationc1440
defoulinga1450
disfiguring1526
deforming1552
disfiguredness1565
disgrace1581
defiguration1585
defeature1593
disfigurement1637
disfiguration1653
reprobation1774
uglification1820
desightment1828
deform1831
disfeaturement1884
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 2 He..permitted the actual deform of his windows sooner than testify any sort of sympathy with the sham reform of parliament.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

deformadj.

/dɪˈfɔːm/
Forms: Middle English–1500s defourme, 1500s–1600s deforme, 1600s– deform.
Etymology: < obsolete French deforme (1604 in Godefroy) = modern French difforme , or < Latin dēformis (in medieval Latin also difformis ) deformed, misshapen, ugly, disgraceful, < de- prefix 1f + forma shape. Compare also difform adj.
archaic.
Deformed, misshapen, shapeless, distorted; ugly, hideous.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > not shapely or deformed
unshapelyc1200
forcrookedc1305
deform1382
froward shapena1400
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
misshape1440
deformablec1450
disformatea1492
misshapeda1500
deformate?a1505
fashionless1581
unfashionable1597
shapeless1598
ill-proportioned1602
disformed1665
untrained1871
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xli. 19 Other seven oxen..defourme and leene.
1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 98 With many..spottes of synne we haue..made it defourme in the syght of god.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 494 Sight so deform what heart of Rock could long Drie-ey'd behold? View more context for this quotation
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋16. 133 The monstrous and deform Tales of Oates.
1872 R. Browning Fifine xliii Every face, no matter how deform.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

deformv.1

/dɪˈfɔːm/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s dif-, Middle English dyf-.
Etymology: < Old French deformer, also desformer , defformer , and (15th cent.) difformer , modern French déformer . The first is < Latin dēformāre , < de- prefix 1f + forma shape; the second represents the Romance variant disformare, and the last its medieval Latin representing difformāre. Thence the English variants in de-, dif-. Compare also Provençal deformar, Italian deformare, Spanish desformar.
1. transitive. To mar the appearance, beauty, or excellence of; to make ugly or unsightly; to disfigure, deface.
a. literal.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)]
loathly?c1225
defacec1374
disfigurec1374
emblemishc1384
defoula1387
unhighta1387
disray1431
deform?c1450
foul?c1450
deflower1486
defeata1492
unbeauty1495
deflourisha1513
disform?1520
ungarnish1530
disfashiona1535
disfavour1535
disgrace1549
unbeautify1570
uglify1576
disbeautify1577
dishonest1581
disshape1583
disornament1593
disadorn1598
undeck1598
disvisage1603
unfair1609
untrim1609
debellish1610
disfair1628
discomplexion1640
devenustate1653
disfeature1659
monkeyfy1707
ugly1740
defeature1792
dedecorate1804
scarecrow1853
nastify1873
?c1450 [implied in: Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4115 His face was deformed and bolnyd. (at deformed adj. 1)].
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xix Thus by this deuysinge suche counterfayted thinges They dyffourme that figure that god hymselfe hath made.
1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory Prol. sig. A.ijv Some spot..wherby he is somwhat deformed.
a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 16 He..wasted Tinedale and the marches, and deformed the country with ruine and spoile.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 80 Never did poore wretch shed more teares..deforming her sweet face.
1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane v. i. 2012 To deform thy gentle Brow with Frowns.
1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 37 The square..had mean little huts, deforming its ample space.
1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. clxxv. 208 The blackest pirate that ever deformed his face with beard.
b. figurative.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally
atterc885
hurtc1200
marc1225
appair1297
impair1297
spilla1300
emblemishc1384
endull1395
blemishc1430
depaira1460
depravea1533
deform1533
envenom1533
vitiate1534
quail1551
impeach1563
subvert1565
craze1573
taint1573
spoil1578
endamage1579
qualify1584
stain1584
crack1590
ravish1594
interess1598
invitiate1598
corrupt1602
venom1621
depauperate1623
detriment1623
flaw1623
embase1625
ungold1637
murder1644
refract1646
depress1647
addle1652
sweal1655
butcher1659
shade1813
mess1823
puckeroo1840
untone1861
blue1880
queer1884
dick1972
forgar-
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iii. 308 This honest victorie..wes deformit be ane schamefull jugement gevin be Romane pepil.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Ded. It is a vice that deforms human nature.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 535 The earlier part of his discourse was deformed by pedantic divisions and subdivisions.
c. To put out of proper form, disarrange. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > disarrange [verb (transitive)]
disarraya1387
difforma1425
disrank1602
discompose1611
unrank1611
dismarshall1630
deform1725
disarrange1744
disrange1775
derange1777
misarrange1815
upsteer1889
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 252 The fair ranks of battle to deform.
1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Hist. Europe 66/2 Breaking the British line, and totally deforming their order of battle.
d. intransitive. To become deformed or disfigured; to lose its beauty. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > become disfigured [verb (intransitive)]
deform1760
1760 J. Beattie Ode to Hope ii. iii, in Orig. Poems & Transl. 19 Tomorrow the gay scene deforms.
2. transitive. To mar the form or shape of; to misshape. See also deformed adj.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)]
deformc1400
misshapec1450
misshapenc1450
misform1483
misfashiona1525
bring1530
misfigure1563
disjoint1638
dislocate1660
forshape1884
c1400 [implied in: Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 47 A monster is a þing difformed aȝen kynde. (at deformed adj. 2)].
1483 [implied in: W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 427/2 The most dysfourmed and most myserable he sat nyghe hym. (at deformed adj. 2)].
a1586 Ballad against Evil Women in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 392 A crippill or a creatour Deformit as ane owle be dame natour.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 20 Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformd, vnfinisht. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 100 Darke working Sorcerers that change the minde: Soule-killing Witches, that deforme the bodie. View more context for this quotation
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 91 Keep the Bit straight to the Hole you pierce, least you deform the Hole.
3. To alter the form of; in Physics, to change the normal shape of, put out of shape: cf. deformation n. 3.
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the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > give another shape to
forshapeOE
transfigurea1340
transformc1340
transfigurate?a1475
turkess1530
turkish1560
turken1575
metamorphose1576
metamorphize1587
reform1634
deform1702
reshape1794
transmould1855
metamorphosize1888
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 116 Nothing so deforms certain Courtiers, as the Presence of the Prince; it so alters their Air and debases their Looks that a Man can scarce know them.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 222 This completely alters and deforms the idea of the earth as a plane surface.
1883 Nature 1 Mar. 405/2 The hard steel..breaks up or deforms the projectiles.
4. Obsolete variant of difform v.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

deformv.2

Forms: In Middle English defourme, defforme.
Etymology: < Latin dēformāre to form, fashion, describe, < de- prefix 1a, 1c + formāre to form v.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To form, fashion, delineate.
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the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)]
i-schapeOE
shapec1000
afaite?c1225
feigna1300
form1340
deformc1384
proportionc1384
throwc1390
figure?a1400
parec1400
mould1408
fashion1413
portrayc1450
effigure1486
porture1489
moul1530
shapen1535
frame1553
proportionate1555
efform1578
inform1590
formate1599
to shape out1600
infigure1611
figurate1615
immodelize1649
effinge1657
effigiate1660
configure1857
carpenter1884
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. iii. 7 The mynistracioun of deeth defformyd [v.r. defourmyde, L. deformata] by lettris [a1425 L.V. write bi lettris] in stoones.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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