(verb) : dē-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, forma; cf. deformis
* To bring out of shape; to deform, disfigure; to spoil, mar (class.).
* Lit.: deformatus corpore, fractus animo,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3 sq.; cf.: aerumnis deformatus,Sall. J. 14, 7: vultum macies deformat,Verg. G. 4, 254: membra veneno,Sil. 2, 707: capillos tonsura,Ov. A. A. 1, 517; cf.: canitiem multo pulvere,Verg. A. 10, 844 (for which, id. ib. 12, 611, turpare; and Catull. 64, 224; and Ov. M. 8, 530, foedare): parietes nudos ac deformatos reliquit,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; cf. Liv. 37, 3: patriam turpissimis incendiis et ruinis, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 3; cf. Italiam, Auct. (Cicero?) ap. Quint. 9, 3, 31.
* Trop., to mar, disgrace, dishonor: quae accusatores deformandi hujus causa dixerunt,Cic. Cael. 2; cf.: (rusticana illa parsimonia) deformata atque ornamentis omnibus spoliata,id. Quint. 30, 92: ordinem prava lectione (senatus),Liv. 9, 30: victoriam clade,id. 33, 36 fin.; cf. id. 3, 71: multa bona uno vitio,id. 30, 14 fin.: orationem (with lacerare),Quint. 10, 7, 32: domum,Verg. A. 12, 805.

dē-formo, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. a., to bring into form or shape; to form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe (class.).
* Lit.: areas,Cato R. R. 161; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10: marmora prima manu,Quint. 5, 11, 30: non flosculos sed certos ac deformatos fructus ostenderat,full-formed, perfect,id. 6 prooem. § 9: tragicae (scenae) deformantur columnis et fastigiis et signis,are delineated, represented,Vitr. 5, 8; cf.: operis speciem exemplaribus pictis,to represent in outline, to sketch,id. 1, 1.
* Trop.: quae ita a fortuna deformata sunt, ut tamen a natura inchoata compareant,Cic. Sull. 26, 73; cf. Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 11: ille, quem supra deformavi,have depicted, described,Cic. Caecin. 5, 14; Sen. Ben. 7, 2: ministratio deformata litteris,Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 7.

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