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<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Transformation; change of shape.</def>

<h1>Deformed</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*formed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; <as>as, a <ex>deformed</ex> person; a <ex>deformed</ex> head.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*form"ed*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*form"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Deformer</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*form"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who deforms.</def>

<h1>Deformity</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*form"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Deformities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>deformitas</ets>, fr. <ets>deformis</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>deformet\'82</ets>, <ets>deformit\'82</ets>, F. <ets>difformit\'82</ets>. See <er>Deform</er>, <tt>v.</tt> & <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Disformity</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.</def>

<blockquote>To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits <b>deformity</b> to mock my body. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from other or the established laws of propriety; <as>as, <ex>deformity</ex> in an edifice; <ex>deformity</ex> of character.</as></def>

<blockquote>Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul <b>deformities</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deforser</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fors"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Deforce</er>.]</ety> <ety>[Written also <ets>deforsor</ets>.]</ety> <def>A deforciant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Defoul</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*foul"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Defile</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To tread down.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make foul; to defile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Defraud</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fraud"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Defrauded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Defrauding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>defraudare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>fraudare</ets> to cheat, fr. <ets>fraus</ets>, <ets>fraudis</ets>, fraud: cf. OF. <ets>defrauder</ets>. See <er>Fraud</er>.]</ety> <def>To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; <as>as, to <ex>defraud</ex> a servant, or a creditor, or the state</as>; -- with <i>of</i> before the thing taken or withheld.</def>

<blockquote>We have <b>defrauded</b> no man. <i>2 Cor. vii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Churches seem injured and <b>defrauded</b> of their rights. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Defraudation</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De`frau*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defraudatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82fraudation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>