Part 4516

<blockquote>That which <b>formally</b> makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. <i>Smalridge.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You and your followers do stand <b>formally</b> divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Formate</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Formic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of formic acid.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>formiate</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Formation</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>formatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>formation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.</def>

<i>Beattie.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; <as>as, the peculiar <ex>formation</ex> of the heart</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A substance formed or deposited.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; <as>as, the siliceous <ex>formation</ex> about geysers; alluvial <ex>formations</ex>; marine <ex>formations</ex>.</as></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A group of beds of the same age or period; <as>as, the Eocene <ex>formation</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Formative</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>Form"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>formatif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; <as>as, the <ex>formative</ex> arts</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any <b>formative</b> residing in the soil. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Serving to form; derivative; not radical; <as>as, a termination merely <ex>formative</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Capable of growth and development; germinal; <as>as, living or <ex>formative</ex> matter</as>.</def>

<h1>Formative</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>Form"a*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.</def>

<h1>Form\'82</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For`m\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Pat\'82</er> or <er>Patt\'82</er>.</def>

<h1>Forme</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For"me</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>forma</ets>. See <er>Foremost</er>.]</ety> <def>First.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Adam our <i>forme</i> father."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Formed</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>Formed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Arranged, as stars in a constellation; <as>as, <ex>formed</ex> stars</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; <as>as, the <ex>formed</ex> or organized ferments</as>. See <er>Ferment</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<cs><col>Formed material</col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>a term employed by Beale to denote the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly germinal or living matter.</cd></cs>