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▪ I. † unˈform
obs. var. inform a. or unformed ppl. a.
a1400in MS. Lincoln A i 17 fol. 276 b, Whilom when a man was noghte, Bothe vnfourme and vn forthe broghte.
▪ II. unˈform, v.1
[un-2 4.]
trans. To divest of (a special) form; to make formless. Also absol.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 35 How great our act! how is our powre display'd! Vnform'd a Woman, and a Goddesse made. 1704Hymn Victory xvi, He never form'd a proper Scheme, But they unform'd it all again. a1822Shelley in Medwin Life II. 169 It was easier to form, than unform or reform. 1876Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 12 It has formed Christian nations; or at least, has not un-formed them. 1882Pall Mall G. 14 June 5/1 It unforms his style, and produces scrappy..sentences.
▪ III. unˈform, v.2
[un-2 5.]
trans. To rouse (a hare) from its form.
a1773in Ruddiman Coll. Pieces (1773) 277 Such with the beagle rise, at dusky morn,..Unfourm the hare close squatted in her bush. |