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▪ I. † disˈform, a. Obs.
[Variant of difform a.]
Not in conformity: the opposite of conform a.
1656Artif. Handsom. 171 The..rule of all humane actions..is the mind and end of the doer, either conforme or disforme to the holy revealed will of God.
¶ In this and the following words disf- (diff) is probably sometimes a misprint for diff-.
▪ II. disform, v. rare.|dɪsˈfɔːm|
[f. dis- + form v.: cf. the earlier parallel formations difform, deform, of Romanic origin.]
†1. trans. To mar the form, character, or condition of; to deform, disfigure, deface. Obs.
1527Lydgate's Bochas vii. (1554) 171 b, We be disfourmed [MS. Harl. 1766, lf. 175 b, dyfformyd] in certeyn. 1557Paynel Barclay's Jugurth 11 b, Now disformed by miserable calamite, poore and needy. 1623tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. iii. ii. 334 Disformed by abuse and Simonie. 1658A. Fox Wurtz' Surg. iii. xviii. 279 The blister..maketh still the wound disformed, so that it groweth brown.
2. To change or alter the form of, put out of shape.
b. intr. (for refl.) To lose or alter its form or arrangement. rare.
1868Gladstone Juv. Mundi viii. (1870) 304 They seem to form, disform, and re-form before us, like the squares of coloured glass in the kaleidoscope. 1890Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 326/1 A..verb ἐκτυπόω, to difform or disform, and a..substantive, ἐκτύπωµα, disformation or alteration. |