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unform

unform verb: to destroy the form of; to decompose, or resolve into parts; to unmake.

Verb

unform (third-person singular simple present unforms, present participle unforming, simple past and past participle unformed)

  1. To destroy the form of; to decompose, or resolve into parts; to unmake.
    • Such are a few of the numerous causes that contribute to the disunion of concrete bodies, and powerfully co-operate with that wonderful fluid which alternately forms and unforms; which creates , decomposes , and regenerates all nature.1826, John Mason Good, “Lecture VII. On Geology. (The Subject Continued.)”, in The Book of Nature. […], volumes I (Series I. Nature of the Material World; […].), London: […] [A[ndrew] & R[obert]...

Forms of unform

third-person singular presentunforms
present participleunforming
past participleunformed
pastunformed

Origin of unform

From un- + form.

Questions about unform

What does unform mean?
Unform means to destroy the form of; to decompose, or resolve into parts; to unmake.
What part of speech is unform?
Unform is a verb.
What is the past tense of unform?
The past tense of unform is unformed.

Words near unform in the dictionary

  1. unfork
  2. unforked
  3. unforking
  4. unforks
  5. unforlorn
  6. unform
  7. unformable
  8. unformal
  9. unformalised
  10. unformality
  11. unformalizability

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