form

I. n.

1.

Shape (with especial reference to structure), figure, configuration, conformation, mould, fashion, cast, cut, tournure.

2.

Mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual, established practice.

3.

Manner, system, sort, kind, order.

4.

Regularity, order, arrangement, shapeliness.

5.

Ceremony, formality, ceremonial, ritual, conventionality, etiquette, conventional rule.

6.

Empty show, mere appearance.

7.

Bench, long seat (without a back).

8.

Class, rank of students.

9.

Type in a chase (ready for printing).

10.

Mould, pattern, model.

11.

(Met.) Arrangement, organization, combination, law of combination, principle of arrangement or synthesis, a priori principle.

II. v. a.

1.

Fashion, shape, mould.

2.

Make, create, produce.

3.

Contrive, devise, invent, frame.

4.

Constitute, compose, make up.

5.

Arrange, dispose, combine.