单词 | deform |
释义 | deformn. The action of deforming, deformation: opposed to reform.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ 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. archaic. Deformed, misshapen, shapeless, distorted; ugly, hideous. ΘΚΠ 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 1. transitive. To mar the appearance, beauty, or excellence of; to make ugly or unsightly; to disfigure, deface. a. literal. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Obsolete. rare. transitive. To form, fashion, delineate. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1831adj.1382v.1c1400v.2c1384 |
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