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Webster 1913 Edition

Deform

De-form′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deformed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deforming
.]
[L.
deformare
;
de-
+
formare
to form, shape, fr.
forma
: cf. F.
déformer
. See
Form
.]
1.
To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Deformed
, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world.
Shakespeare
2.
To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
Above those passions that this world
deform
.
Thomson.

De-form′

,
Adj.
[L.
deformis
;
de-
+
forma
form: cf. OF.
deforme
, F.
difforme
. Cf.
Difform
.]
Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.
[Obs.]
Sight so
deform
what heart of rock could long
Dry-eyed behold?
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deform

DEFORM

,
Verb.
T.
[L. Form.]
1.
To mar or injure the form; to alter that form or disposition of parts which is natural and esteemed beautiful, and thus to render it displeasing to the eye; to disfigure; as, a hump on the back deforms the body.
2.
To render ugly or displeasing, by exterior applications or appendages; as, to deform the face by paint, or the person by unbecoming dress.
3.
To render displeasing.
Wintry blasts deform the year.
4.
To injure and render displeasing or disgusting; to disgrace; to disfigure moral beauty; as, all vices deform the character of rational beings.
5.
To dishonor; to make ungraceful.

DEFORM

,
Adj.
Disfigured; being of an unnatural, distorted, or disproportioned form; displeasing to the eye.
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long
Dry-eyed behold?

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