单词 | misform |
释义 | misformv. transitive. To form or shape badly or wrongly; to misshape. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] deformc1400 misshapec1450 misshapenc1450 misform1483 misfashiona1525 bring1530 misfigure1563 disjoint1638 dislocate1660 forshape1884 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) iv. xxx. 78 Ther wylle be fourged a fowle deformed hede and nedes must be mysformed all the body after. 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 2v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Those [diseases] that commeth..by errour of nature, in misforming the yong. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Jer. xviii. Comm. A potter can make a new vessel of the same clay being misformed in casting. a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy ix, in Remains (1670) 112 He shall find all wisdoms that suppress, Still by misforming, make their own forms less. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 949/1 The vertebral column misformed by scoliosis. 1995 BNC All writers make occasional slips when letters are mis-formed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1483 |
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