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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Deform

/dēfˌ-ôrm'/ · De·form · IPA /dəˈfɔɹm/
01 v. t. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
imp. & p. p. Deformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deforming
  1. 1.
    To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
    “Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
    “Above those passions that this world deform.” — Thomson.
02 a. Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.
  1. 1.
    Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.[Obs.]
    “Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold?” — Milton.