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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deformed p. pr. & vb. n. Deforming. ] [ L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. forma: cf. F. déformer. See Form. ] 1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Above those passions that this world deform. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deformatio: cf. F. déformation. ] 1. The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transformation; change of shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to deformation (in all senses). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. -- De*form"ed*ly adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deforms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Deformities [ L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformeté, deformité, F. difformité. See Deform, v. & a., and cf. Disformity. ] 1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make an envious mountain on my back,
Where sits deformity to mock my body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confounded, that her Maker's eyes
Should look so near upon her foul deformities. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]