unform

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verb

To destroy the form of; to decompose, or resolve into parts; to unmake.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unforms · participle present unforming · participle past unformed · past 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] Spottiswoode] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 154

Origin

From un- + form.

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APA

unform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unform

MLA

“unform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unform.

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