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verb 
  1. (transitive) To spoil the form of.
  2. (transitive) To spoil the looks of; to disfigure; as, a face deformed by bitterness.
  3. (transitive) To mar the character of; as, a marriage deformed by jealousy.
  4. (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
  5. (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.
Translations: 
  • Italian: deformare
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, To spoil the looks of; to disfigure)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French or Latin; Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, from de- + formare (to form), from forma (form).


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