Forme
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete form of form. alt-of, obsolete
"And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]"
- 2 Alternative form of form (“type etc. secured in a chase”). alt-of, alternative
"1978, David A. Bloestein, Introduction, John Marston, David A. Bloestein (editor), Parasitaster: Or, The Fawn, page 47, Both these formes, with running titles intact, were retained to print sheet D of Q2."
Example
More examples"And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]"
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