v. t.
n. [ OF. ] (Law)
n. Same as Deforciant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. deforciant, p. pr. of deforcier. See Deforce. ] (Eng. Law)
n. (Law) Same as Deforcement, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To clear of forests; to disforest. U. S. Agric. Reports. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Above those passions that this world deform. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. Difform. ] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long
Dry-eyed behold? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. deformatio: cf. F. déformation. ]
adj.
a. Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured;
n. One who deforms. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
To make an envious mountain on my back,
Where sits deformity to mock my body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Confounded, that her Maker's eyes
Should look so near upon her foul deformities. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Deforce. ] [ Written also deforsor. ] A deforciant. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]