† unformadj.
Obsolete.
= inform adj.1, unformed adj.1
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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > not born > not yet born
unbornc897
unborea1250
unstrenedc1275
unform?a1400
unbrought1525
unbegot1597
unfoaled1863
unyeaned1868
meonic1937
?a1400 in MS. Lincoln A i 17 f. 276 b Whilom when a man was noghte, Bothe vnfourme and vn forthe broghte.
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unformv.1
transitive. To divest of (a special) form; to make formless. Also absol.
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the world > space > shape > lack of shape > make shapeless [verb (transitive)]
unmould1611
unform1621
unbody1651
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 46 How great our act! how is our powre display'd! Vnform'd a Woman, and a Goddesse made.
1704 Hymn Victory xvi He never form'd a proper Scheme, But they unform'd it all again.
a1822 P. B. Shelley in Medwin Life II. 169 It was easier to form, than unform or reform.
1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 12 It has formed Christian nations; or at least, has not un-formed them.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 June 5/1 It unforms his style, and produces scrappy..sentences.
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unformv.2
transitive. To rouse (a hare) from its form.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [verb (transitive)] > hunt hare > rouse
unforma1773
a1773 in Ruddiman Coll. Pieces (1773) 277 Such with the beagle rise, at dusky morn,..Unfourm the hare close squatted in her bush.
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