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A. visible aspect of a thing XIII; (scholastic philos.) that which makes matter a determinate kind of thing XIV.

B. character, nature, †degree XIII (class in school XVI); due observance or procedure XIV;

C. lair of a hare XIII; long seat without a back XIV; (typogr.) see FORME XV. ME. forme, f(o)urme — (O)F. forme, †f(o)urme :- L. fōrma mould, shape, beauty, of uncert. orig.
So vb. give a form to XIII; be the components of XIV; draw up or dispose in order XVIII. — OF. fourmer, (also mod.) former — L. fōrmāre. formal XIV. — L. formalism XIX, formalist XVII, formality XVI. formation XV. — (O)F. or L. formative XV.

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