Main Entry:

²form

Function:

verb

Date:

13th century

transitive verb

1 a: to give a particular shape to : shape or mold into a certain state or after a particular model <form the dough into a ball> <a state formed along republican lines> b: to arrange themselves in <the dancers formed a line> c: to model by instruction and discipline <a mind formed by classical education>2: to give form or shape to : fashion, construct3: to serve to make up or constitute : be an essential or basic element of4: develop, acquire <form a habit>5: to arrange in order : draw up6 a: to assume an inflection so as to produce (as a tense) <forms the past in -ed> b: to combine to make (a compound word)intransitive verb1: to become formed or shaped2: to take form : come into existence : arise3: to take on a definite form, shape, or arrangement

— form·abil·i·ty \ˌfȯr-mə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— form·able \ˈfȯr-mə-bəl\ adjective

— form on

: to take up a formation next to