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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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  1. v. t. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
  2. v. t. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
  3. a. Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.
  4. v. make formless
  5. v. twist and press out of shape
  6. v. cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
  7. v. become misshapen
  8. v. alter the shape of (something) by stress
  9. v. assume a different shape or form
  10. 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. Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.] Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold Milton.
  11. Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.]Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold Milton.
  12. v:100 v. make formless v. become misshapen v. alter the shape of (something) by stress