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de·form Audio Help   (dĭ-fôrm') Pronunciation Key
v.   de·formed, de·form·ing, de·forms

v.   tr.

To spoil the natural form of; misshape: a body that had been deformed by disease.
To spoil the beauty or appearance of; disfigure.
Physics To alter the shape of by pressure or stress.
Geology To change the original state or size of a rock mass, especially by folding or faulting.

v. intr.
To become deformed. See Synonyms at distort.

[Middle English deformen, from Old French deformer, from Latin dēfōrmāre : dē-, de- + fōrma, form.]

de·form'a·bil'i·ty n., de·form'a·ble adj.

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