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deformative

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de⋅form

1  [di-fawrm]
Use deformative in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
2. to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil: The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.
3. to change the form of; transform.
4. Geology, Mechanics. to subject to deformation: The metal was deformed under stress.
–verb (used without object)
5. to undergo deformation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME deformen < L dēfōrmāre, equiv. to dē- de- + fōrmāre to form

Related forms:
de⋅form⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅form⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
de⋅form⋅a⋅tive, adjective
de⋅form⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. misshape. See mar. 2. ruin.
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Word Origin & History

deform 
c.1400, from O.Fr. deformer, from L. deformare "put out of shape, disfigure."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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