efform

Latin effōrmō, from ex- + fōrmō.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈfɔː(ɹ)m/

efform (third-person singular simple present efforms, present participle efforming, simple past and past participle efformed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To form or shape (literally, or figuratively).
   • 1668, Jeremy Taylor, “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:

     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; […]

• efformation

• “efform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.