"afform" meaning in All languages combined

See afform on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: afforms [present, singular, third-person], afforming [participle, present], afformed [participle, past], afformed [past]
Etymology: From Old French aformer, from a- (“to”) + former (“form”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|aformer}} Old French aformer Head templates: {{en-verb}} afform (third-person singular simple present afforms, present participle afforming, simple past and past participle afformed)
  1. (rare) To form; model; cause to conform. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-afform-en-verb-H9maVK1- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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