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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class II. Words Relating to Space |
| Section III. Form |
| 1. General Form |
| 240. Form. |
| NOUN: | FORM, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, tournure [F.], outline, get-up [colloq.], trim, cut of one’s jib [colloq.]; stamp, type, cast, mold or mould; fashion; contour (outline) [See Outline]; structure [See Texture]; plasmature [obs.]. FEATURE, lineament, turn; phase (aspect) [See Appearance]; posture, attitude, pose. [SCIENCE OF FORM] morphology. [SIMILARITY OF FORM] isomorphism; isomorph. FORMATION, figuration, efformation [rare]; forming &c. v.; sculpture; plasmation [rare]. |
| VERB: | FORM, shape, figure, fashion, efform [rare], carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; roughhew, roughcast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick -, put- into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build (construct) [See Production]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | FORMED &c. v.; structural, morphologic or morphological. SHAPELY, well-proportioned, symmetrical, well-made, well-formed, comely, trim, neat. [RECEIVING FORM] plastic, fictile; formative, impressible, creative. [GIVING FORM] plasmatic, plasmic; protoplasmic. [SIMILAR IN FORM] isomorphic, isomorphous. |
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