I.v. a., to bring into form or shape; to form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe (class.).
I. Lit.: “areas,” Cato R. R. 161; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10: “marmora prima manu,” Quint. 5, 11, 30: “non flosculos sed certos ac deformatos fructus ostenderat,” full-formed, perfect, id. 6 prooem. § 9: “tragicae (scenae) deformantur columnis et fastigiis et signis,” are delineated, represented, Vitr. 5, 8; cf.: “operis speciem exemplaribus pictis,” to represent in outline, to sketch, id. 1, 1.—
II. Trop.: “quae ita a fortuna deformata sunt, ut tamen a natura inchoata compareant,” Cic. Sull. 26, 73; cf. Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 11: “ille, quem supra deformavi,” have depicted, described, Cic. Caecin. 5, 14; Sen. Ben. 7, 2: “ministratio deformata litteris,” Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 7.
