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Forget (?), v. t. [imp. Forgot (?) (Forgat (�), Obs.); p. p. Forgotten (?), Forgot; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgetting.] [OE. forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. förgäta, Dan. forgiette. See , and , v. t.] 1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.
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Let my right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5.
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Hath thy knee forget to bow? Shak.
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2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
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Can a woman forget her sucking child? . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Is. xlix. 15.
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Coloq. To forget one's self . (a) To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.
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Forgetful (?), a. 1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
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2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
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Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. xiii. 2.
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3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] “The forgetful wine.” J. Webster.
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Forgetfully, adv. In a forgetful manner.
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Forgetfulness, n. 1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.
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2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
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A sweet forgetfulness of human care. Pope.
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3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.

Syn. -- , . Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his forgetfulness; we speak of some old custom as buried in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to.
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Forgetive (?), a. [From .] Inventive; productive; capable. [Obs.] Shak.
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Forget-me-not (?), n. [Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht.] (Bot.) A small perennial herb, of the genus Myosotis (Myosotis scorpiodes, Myosotis palustris, Myosotis incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful bright blue or white flowers, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.
Syn. -- mouse ear, .
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☞ Formerly the name was given to the Ajuga Chamæpitus.
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Forgettable (?), a. Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.
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Forgetter (?), n. One who forgets; a heedless person. Johnson.
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Forgettingly, adv. By forgetting.
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Forging (?), n. 1. The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.
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2. The act of counterfeiting.
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3. (Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.
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There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out. London Times.
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Forgivable (?), a. Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood.
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Forgive (?), v. t. [imp. Forgave (?); p. p. Forgiven (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forgiving] [OE. forgiven, foryiven, foryeven, AS. forgiefan, forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f�rgifva, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See , and , v. t.] 1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
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To them that list the world's gay shows I leave,
And to great ones such folly do forgive. Spenser.
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2. To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven.
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And their sins should be forgiven them. Mark iv. 12.
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He forgive injures so readily that he might be said to invite them. Macaulay.
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3. To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending.
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Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Luke xxiii. 34.
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I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven. Shak.
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☞ Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as objects of the verb, sometimes one and sometimes the other being the indirect object. “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” Matt. vi. 12. “Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” Matt. ix. 2.

Syn. -- See .
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Forgiveness, n. [AS. forgifnes.] 1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.
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To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9.
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In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7.
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2. Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.
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If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Ps. cxxx. 3, 4.

Syn. -- Pardon, remission. -- , . Forgiveness is Anglo-Saxon, and pardon Norman French, both implying a giving back. The word pardon, being early used in our Bible, has, in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them, such as we often find between corresponding Anglo-Saxon and Norman words. Forgive points to inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we primarily seek the removal of anger. Pardon looks more to outward things or consequences, and is often applied to trifling matters, as when we beg pardon for interrupting a man, or for jostling him in a crowd. The civil magistrate also grants a pardon, and not forgiveness. The two words are, therefore, very clearly distinguished from each other in most cases which relate to the common concerns of life.
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Forgiver (?), n. One who forgives. Johnson.
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Forgiving, a. Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper.

-- Forgivingly, adv. -- Forgivingness, n. J. C. Shairp.
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forgivingness n. a tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Syn. -- kindness.
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Forgo (?), v. t. [imp. Forwent; p. p. Forgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgoing.] [OE. forgan, forgon, forgoon, AS. forgān, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for- + gān to go; akin to G. vergehen to pass away, to transgress. See , v. i.] 1. To pass by; to leave. See 1st .
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For sith [since] I shall forgoon my liberty
At your request. Chaucer.
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And four [days] since Florimell the court forwent. Spenser.
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2. to abstain from; to do without; to refrain from; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. See 1st , 2.
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☞ This word in spelling has been confused with, and almost superseded by, forego to go before. Etymologically the form forgo is correct.
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Forgot (?), imp. & p. p. of .
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Forgotten (?), p. p. of .
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Forhall (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + hale to draw.] To harass; to torment; to distress. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Forhend (?), v. t. To seize upon. [Obs.]
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Forinsecal (?), a. [L. forinsecus from without.] Foreign; alien. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
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Forisfamiliate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forisfamiliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forisfamiliating (?).] [LL. forisfamiliatus, p. p. of forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate; L. foris abroad, without + familia family.] (LAw) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.
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Forisfamiliate, v. i. (Law) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.
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Forisfamiliation (?), n. (Law) The act of forisfamiliating.
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Fork (fôrk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. , .] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used for piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.
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2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
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3. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
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Let it fall . . . though the fork invade
The region of my heart. Shak.
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A thunderbolt with three forks. Addison.
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4. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road.
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5. The gibbet. [Obs.] Bp. Butler.
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Coloq. Fork beam (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur. -- Coloq. Fork chuck (Wood Turning), a lathe center having two prongs for driving the work. -- Coloq. Fork head . (a) The barbed head of an arrow. (b) The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle joint. -- Coloq. In fork . (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an engine to “have the water in fork,” when all the water is drawn out of the mine. Ure. -- Coloq. The forks of a river or Coloq. The forks of a road , the branches into which it divides, or which come together to form it; the place where separation or union takes place.
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Fork, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Forked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forking.] 1. To shoot into blades, as corn.
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The corn beginneth to fork. Mortimer.
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2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
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Fork, v. t. To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.
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Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. Prof. Wilson.
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Coloq. To fork over Coloq. To fork out , to hand or pay over, as money; to cough up. [Slang] G. Eliot.
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Forkbeard (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard. (b) The European forked hake or hake's-dame (Phycis blennoides); -- also called great forked beard.
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Forked (?), a. 1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
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A serpent seen, with forked tongue. Shak.
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2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
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Coloq. Cross forked (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are divided into two sharp points; -- called also cross double fitché. A cross forked of three points is a cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp points. -- Coloq. Forked counsel , advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

-- Forkedly (#), adv. -- Forkedness, n.
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Forkerve (?), v. t. [Obs.] See , v. t.
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Forkiness (?), n. The quality or state or dividing in a forklike manner.
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Forkless, a. Having no fork.
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Forktail (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forked. (b) A salmon in its fourth year's growth. [Prov. Eng.]
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Fork-tailed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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Coloq. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zoöl.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). -- Coloq. Fork-tailed gull (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. -- Coloq. Fork-tailed kite (Zoöl.), a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite.
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Forky (?), a. Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated. “Forky tongues.” Pope.
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Forlaft (?), obs. p. p. of . Chaucer.
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Forlay (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + lay.] To lie in wait for; to ambush.
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An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.
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Forleave (?), v. t. [OE. forleven; pref. for- + leven to leave.] To leave off wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Forlend (?), v. t. To give up wholly. [Obs.]
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Forlese (?), v. t. [p. p. Forlore (?), Forlorn (�).] [OE. forlesen. See .] To lose utterly. [Obs.] haucer.
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Forlet, v. t. [OE. forleten, AS. forlǣtan; pref. for- + lǣtan to allow; akin to G. verlassen to leave. See to allow.] To give up; to leave; to abandon. [Obs.] “To forlet sin.” Chaucer.
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Forlie (?), v. i. See .
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Forlore (?), imp. pl. & p. p. of . [Obs.]
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The beasts their caves, the birds their nests forlore. Fairfax.
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Forlorn (?), a. [OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + leósan (in comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw. förlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See , and , a., , v. t.] 1. Deserted; abandoned; lost.
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Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Spenser.
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Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.
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2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
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For here forlorn and lost I tread. Goldsmith.
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The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme. Prescott.
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She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living. Thomson.
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Coloq. A forlorn hope [D. verloren hoop, prop., a lost band or troop; verloren, p. p. of verliezen to lose + hoop band; akin to E. heap. See , and .] (Mil.), a body of men (called in F. enfants perdus, in G. verlornen posten) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case or enterprise.

Syn. -- Destitute, lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary; helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched; miserable; pitiable.
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Forlorn, n. 1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
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Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. Shak.
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2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.]
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Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy. Oliver Cromvell.
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Forlornly, adv. In a forlorn manner. Pollok.
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Forlornness, n. State of being forlorn. Boyle.
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Forlye (?), v. i. Same as . [Obs.]
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-form (�). [See , n.] A suffix used to denote in the form or shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
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Form (fōrm; in senses 8 & 9, often fōrm in England), n. [OE. & F. forme, fr. L. forma; cf. Skr. dhariman. Cf. .] 1. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.
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The form of his visage was changed. Dan. iii. 19.
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And woven close close, both matter, form, and style. Milton.
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2. Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.
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3. Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.
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Those whom form of laws
Condemned to die. Dryden.
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4. Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.
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Though well we may not pass upon his life
Without the form of justice. Shak.
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5. Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.
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The earth was without form and void. Gen. i. 2.
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He hath no form nor comeliness. Is. liii. 2.
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6. A shape; an image; a phantom.
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7. That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
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8. A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society. “Ladies of a high form.” Bp. Burnet.
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9. The seat or bed of a hare.
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As in a form sitteth a weary hare. Chaucer.
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10. (Print.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
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11. (Fine Arts) The boundary line of a material object. In (painting), more generally, the human body.
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12. (Gram.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.
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13. (Crystallog.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
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14. (Metaph.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.
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15. Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.
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16. (Biol.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.
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