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The phrase "without form" comes from the Hebrew word Isaiah 45: 18.

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  1. noun The shape and structure of an object.
  2. noun The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal considered separately from the face or head; figure.
  3. noun The essence of something.

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  1. Middle English forme, from Latin fōrma.

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  1. Early modern English also fourm, fourme; from Middle English forme, foorme, fourme, furme, shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc., from Old French forme, fourme, furme, French forme = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian forma = Dutch vorm = Middle High German forme, German form = Icelandic formr = Danish Swedish form, from Latin forma, shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc., Middle Latin also a bench, choir-stall, grade in a school, etc. (with many other meanings). There is no ground for the attempted distinction, in pronunciation and spelling, between form, shape, etc., and form (spelled fourm in Bailey), a bench, etc.
  2. Early modern English also fourm, fourme; from Middle English formen, fourmen, from Old French former, fourmer, French former = Provencal Spanish Portuguese formar = Italian formare = Dutch vormen = Middle High German G. formen = Icelandic Swedish forma = Danish forme, from Latin formare, shape, fashion, form, etc., from forma, a shape, form: see form, n.
 

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