Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make of an ill form; put in a bad shape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make in an ill form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
form badly or wrongly.
Etymologies
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mis- + form
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Examples
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This is the basis of Cairns-Smith Genetic Takeover: crystals too would misform, and some errors by chance would be superior at replicating.
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This is the basis of Cairns-Smith Genetic Takeover: crystals too would misform, and some errors by chance would be superior at replicating.
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It has been disputed whether the form called "turtle-backs" were one form in the series of artifacts, or a misform produced by errors in manufacture.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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