Meanings
verbefform (third-person singular simple present efforms, present participle efforming, simple past and past participle efformed)
present singular third person efforms · participle present efforming · participle past efformed · past efformed
- obsoletetransitiveTo form or shape (literally, or figuratively).
And they understand so little, that, 1. they thought God heard them not, unless they spake their prayers, at least, efforming their words within their lips; […]
1668, “Twenty-seven Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […]: Sermon II. [Of the Spirit of Grace.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 415
Origin
- Latineffōrmō
- Englishefform
Latin effōrmō, from ex- + fōrmō.
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “efform,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/efform.
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