deform 
malformation of a limb or some other part of 
the body. 
A traveller, one so made out of the mixture of shreds of 
forms, that himself is truly deformed. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. 
Whose work is without labour, whose designs 
No flaw deform*, no difficulty thwarts, 
And whose beneficence no charge exhausts 
Cowpei; Task, vi. 229. 
The propensity to deform, or alter from the natural 
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Deformed antennae, antenna? in which one or more 
joints are greatly developed over the rest : generally re- 
stricted to cases where the special development is con- 
fined to one sex ; if it is common to both sexes, the an- 
tenna; are said to be irregular. =Syn. 1. Misshapen, un- 
sightly, ill-favored. 
deformedly (de-for'med-li ), adv. In a deformed 
or disfiguring manner. 
With these [rags] deformedly to quilt and interlace the 
entire, the spotless, and undecaying robe of truth. 
Milton, Prelatical Episcopacy. 
defrication 
There is likewise a portion of our lives which every 
wise man may justly reserve to his own peculiar use, and 
that without drfrnudim; his native country. 
Dnjdtn, King Arthur, Ded. 
A man of fortune who permits his son to consume the 
season of education in hunting, shooting, or in frequent- 
ing horse-races, assemblies, &c., defrauds the community 
of a benefactor, and bequeaths them a nuisance. Paley. 
2. To defeat or frustrate wrongfully. 
Bv the duties deserted by the claims defrauded. 
Paley. 
marine beauty of";' spoil : as, to deform the per- disfigures, 
son by unbecoming dress ; to deform the charac- 
ter by vicious conduct. 
the 
o 
They are now to be remov'd, because they have Iwen 
le most certaine deformers nnd miners of the Church. 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
fraudation = Sp. defraudaciou = Pg. defrauda- 
s < LIj <l e frau(latio(n-), < L. defraudare, de- 
g^ . ^ c ^ frm<J ^ The act of defrauding, or 
the state of being defrauded. [Rare.] 
St. Paul permits [going to law] . . . only in the instance 
of defraudattOH, or matter of interest. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), I. 222. 
defrauder (de-fra'der), . One who defrauds; 
ta(t-)s, deformity, < deformis, deformed: see 
being of an unnatural, distorted, or dispropor- 
tioned form; displeasing to the eye. 
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long 
Dry-eyed behold? Milton, P. L., xi. 494. 
deform 2 t, * [ME. deformen, defformen, < L. 
, form, shape, fashion, delineate, rep- 
To make an envious mountain on my back, 
Where sits deformity to mock my body. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 2. 
The practice of turning out the toes, so much insisted 
Mrorman', lorm. snape, lasnioii, uenueaie, rep- - - frnitier nav the pxni 
resent, < de- intensive + for mare, form: see 2. Lack of that which constitutes, or the pres- ^d F pi frais ex 
form,v. Cf. deform^, t>.] To form; fashion; ence of that which destroys, beauty, grace, or fl!^., '$X, ' t 
delineate; engrave. propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross devia- / O r a ^each of the i 
Dc/ormyd [L. deformata] by lettris in stoones. tion from established rules : as, deformity in _ J 
Wvdif. 2 Cor. iii. 7. an edifice : deformity of character. 3t. .Lack ,<,,_ ,.. ' _/., . 
Defformi/d [L. deformata] by lettris in stoones. 
WycKf, 2 Cor. iii. 
deformability (de-f&r-ma-bil'i-ti), n. [< de- 
formable : see -bility.] Capacity for change of 
form; pliability. 
Preliminary to deformability and elasticity. 
Nature, XXXVII. 164. 
I grant infirmities, but not outrages, not perpetual de- 
fraudments of truest conjugal society. Milton, Divorce. 
defray 1 (de-fra''), . t- [< OF. defrayer, defraier, 
deffrayer, desfraier, also deffraitier, desfraitier, 
deffretier, mod. F. defrayer, dial. (Picard) de- 
fraitier, pay the expense, < de-, des-, off, + frait, 
' expense, cost, < ML. freduin, 
' expense, tax, orig. a fine 
tiou from established rules : as, deformity in 
an 
of uniformity or conformity. 
Better it were to have a deformity in preaching, . . . 
than to have such a uniformity that the silly people should 
be thereby occasioned to continue still in their lamentable 
fray, a breach of the peace : see affray, and cf . 
OF. deffrei, deffroi, trouble, disturbance. For 
us uiercuj us*,. t tu ,,M..u ,,. ,., .,... ,<.,.^..v..>, the meaning, cf . pay, ult. < L. pax, peace. The 
ignorance. Latimer, Sermons and Remains, ii. 347. ML. fractiun, fractiis, expense, is a later and er- 
Whether the ministers pray before they study, or study roneous "restored" form of OF.frait, expense, 
eer e mnsers pray eore , ., , 
deformable (de-for'ma-bl), a. [< deform! + before they pray, there must needs be infinite deformity a ft e r the analogy of L. fractus, the source of 
**v*y _ ~ \ ,. .- ,' , " , , ;,, H... i.nUi,- 7n,.ohi oiirl oil fthtt lumaflta wtilnh hfiforp * *i T * . m ' ____ i__ 
TT;7/i 1 PonoVilB nf \iern<r iWnrmprl canablfi of in tne public worship, and all the benefits which before 
-able.] Capable ol Deing aetormea, capaoie 01 wei , e ^ COMeq uenta of conformity and unity will be 
change of form. lust. j er . Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 289. 
deformatet, . [ME., < L. deformatus, pp. of deforsert deforsort, . See deforceor. 
dejormare, deform: see deform*, .] Deformed. defossi<m ' f (d e-fosh'on), n. [< L. as if *defos- 
And whan she sawe her visage so deformate, 
If she in hart were wo, I ne wite, God wate. 
Henryson, Complaint of Creseide, 1. 349. 
deformation (def-6r-ma'shpn), n. [= F. Ai/or- 
matiou = Sp. deformacion = Pg. deforntacSo, < 
L. deformatio(n-), < deform are, deform: see de- 
/GTMi 1 .] 1. The act of deforc ' 
the form of; change of form. 
In spite of the almost incredible deformation of the in- 
dividual characters, the Arabic script has remained true 
to all the really essential characteristics of the primitive 
Semitic writing. Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, I. 165. 
When its eggs are becoming mature, it finds its way into 
one of these capsules and there undergoes a remarkable 
deformation. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 450. 
2. An altered form. 
Lepsius, who considers Middle African languages as 
deformations of Bantu languages. 
Cust, Mod. Langs, of Africa, p. 59. 
3. Deformity; disfigurement. 4. In geom. and 
'* 
, v'., defile^.] Defilement; soiling. 
The water . . . taketh no defoul, but is clene inow. 
Trevisa, tr. of Higden's Polychronicon, I. 109. 
mech., a change ofshape of a body or surface defoul 2 t, v. t. [< ME. defoulen (also defoilen : see 
without any breach of the continuity of its defoil^), < OF. defoter, defouler, defuler, deffoler, 
parts, and generally without any alteration of desfoler = Pr. defolar, trample under foot, < de, 
the size of them; relative displacement of down, +_/oter, trample upon, press : see^/o2. 
parts; strain. 
OF. frait, pp., broken.] "If. To make compen- 
sation to or for; pay for the services or dis- 
charge the cost of; pay or pay for. 
Therefore (defraying the mariners with a ring bestowed 
upon them) they took their journey together through La- 
conia. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. 
i . - The governour gave him a fair, red coat, and defrayed 
ine punishment ot being his and his men's diet, and gave them corn to relieve them 
homeward. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 319. 
The Queen had gained the thirds of all Church Rents . . . 
upon condition of making some allowance out of it to de- 
fray the ministers. Heylin, Hist, of Presbyterians, p. 176. 
2f. To satisfy; appease. 
Can Night defray 
The wrath of thuudring Jove, that rules both night and 
day? Spenser, S. Q., I. v. 42. 
The more it gauld and griev'd him night and day, 
That nought but dire revenge his anger mote defray. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. 31. 
3. To meet or satisfy by payment, or by an 
equivalent; liquidate; settle; discharge: as, 
, defile : see de- t o defray the cost of a voyage, or of a law- 
suit; to defray a tavern-bill; the profits will 
not defray the charges or expenses. 
It is easye, Irenseus, to laye a charge upon any towne, 
but to fore-see liowe the same may be answered and de- 
frayed is the cheifest parte of good advisement. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
And making prize of all that he condemns, 
With our expenditure defrays his own. 
draper, Task, ii. 605. 
sio(n-), < defossus, pp. of dcfodere, dig down, 
bury in the earth, < de, down, + fodere, dig: 
see /oss, fossil.'] ml - - 
buried alive. 
defouPt (de-foul' ), v. t. [< ME. defoulen (a var. 
of defylen, E. defile, q. v.), < de- + foulen, make 
make foul or unclean ; befoul; defile. 
Ther was grete defoidinye of men and horse ; but there 
the xlij felowes shewed merveiles with her bodies. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ii. 207. 
It is an unclene birde defouleth his neste. 
liootce of Precedence (E. E. T. 8.), i. 110. 
Ah, dearest God, me graunt, I dead be not defwtld ! 
Spenser, F. CJ., I. x. 42. 
This verb was partly confused with defoul^."] 
The energy actually expended in the deformation of in- To trample upon; press down; crush, as by d efrav 2 t n. THE. < OF. deffrei, deffroi, trouble, 
.i.-t i,. BiiUB+atiima iliivino -in imnaj't t.t*l IwYllTl Cf V* , **, * * *-. , ., V/ J <i U J J 
elastic substances during an impact. 
Amer. Jour. Sci., Whole No. cxxx., p. 197. 
Annular deformation of the skull, an artificial defor- 
mation of the skull produced by pressure applied behind 
the bregma and under the chin. Cuneiform deforma- 
tion Of the Skull, an artificial deformation of the skull 
produced by frontal and occipital pressure. 
deformed (de-f6rmd'), p. a. [< ME. "deformed, 
difformed; pp. of deform 1 , .] 1. H 
form changed, with' loss of natural symmetry 
or beauty; disfigured; distorted; crooked. 
A Monstre is a thing difformed agen Kynde both of Man 
or of Best or of ony thing elles : and that is cleped a Mon- 
stre. 
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, 
Deform'd, unfim'sh'd, sent before my time 
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up. 
Shalt., Rich. III., i. 1. 
Specifically 2. Inentom., exhibiting unusual 
trampling. 
She defowlith with hyr feet hyr metes. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iii. meter 2. 
n. [< defoufi + -ment."] Defile- 
ment. 
defoundt, > * [< OF. defondre, defwndre, melt 
down, pour down, < L. defundere, pour down, < 
Having the de, down, + fundere, pour: see found'*.] To pour defrayal (de-fra'al), n. [< defray 
down. Jamieson. 
The son schene 
Begouth defound his bemes on the grene. 
Gavin Douylas, Virgil, p. 293. 
disturbance, the same, with diff. prefix de-, des-, 
as effrei, effroi, trouble, disturbance, affray: see 
affray, n., and cf. defray^-, of the same ult. ele- 
ments as defray 2 .] Wrong-doing. 
Through my sin and my defray, 
Ich am comen to mi last day. 
Arthur and Merlin, 1. 9095. 
-a?.] The 
act of defraying; payment. 
The national revenue is confined to the defrayal of na- 
tional expenses. The American, VI. 37. 
S^Tir: defraud (dMrM-), ., t. r< ME. * < **S!L<fi2i* !=!;f ^ One 
OF. defrau'der, ."defraude~r = Sp. Pg. defrau- wno 
dar It. defraudare, < L. defraudare, defraud, 
< de- + fraus (fraud-), fraud: see fraud.] 1. 
To deprive of rip 1 -' 
thing by decept 
or ^charges expenses. 
The registers and records kept of the dtfraym of charges 
of common [public] plays. Avrtli, tr. of Plutarch, p. 2/3. 
basef depraved r SwellingS '- 3f ' Morally ll ^ ' ating something wrongfully throng 
trust, or by withholding from another by indi- fray 1 and -mew*.] 'The act of defraying; pay- 
From the rod and ferule I would have them free, as rection or device that which he has a right to ment, as of a charge or costs. 
claim or obtain ; cheat; cozen: followed by of Let the traitor pay with his life's defrayment. 
before the thing taken. -"';"""> tr - of Don >*, iv. 7. 
We have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, defricationt (def-ri-ka'shon), n. [< LL. defn- 
we have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii, 2, catK>(n-), a rubbing, < defricare, rub off, rub 
from the ^lenace of them ; for it is both deformed and 
vile. B. Jontton, Discoveries. 
You ne'er injured me, and that doth make 
My crime the more deform'd. 
Shirley, Grateful Servant, iii. 1. 
