formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's
jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour &c (outline) 230;
structure &c 329; plasmature†.
feature, lineament, turn; phase &c (aspect) 448; posture,
attitude, pose.
[Science of form] morphism.
[Similarity of form] isomorphism.
forming &c v.; formation, figuration, efformation†; sculpture;
plasmation†.
V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform†, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast;
rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into
shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold,
sculpture; cast, stamp; build &c (construct) 161.
Adj. formed &c v.. [Receiving form] plastic, fictile†; formative; fluid.
[Giving form] plasmic†.
[Similar in form] isomorphous.
[taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, &c 149.