1. dē-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring into form or shape; to form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe (class.).
- I. Lit.: areas, Cato R. R. 161; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10: marmora prima manu, Quint. 5, 11, 30: non flosculos sed certos ac deformatos fructus ostenderat, full-formed, perfect, id. 6 prooem. § 9: tragicae (scenae) deformantur columnis et fastigiis et signis, are delineated, represented, Vitr. 5, 8; cf.: operis speciem exemplaribus pictis, to represent in outline, to sketch, id. 1, 1.
- II. Trop.: quae ita a fortuna deformata sunt, ut tamen a natura inchoata compareant, Cic. Sull. 26, 73; cf. Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 11: ille, quem supra deformavi, have depicted, described, Cic. Caecin. 5, 14; Sen. Ben. 7, 2: ministratio deformata litteris, Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 7.