form
/fɔɹm/ noun A1- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A long bench with no back.
- The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
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Your son has probably neglected some prescribed form or attention in registering his cargo, and it is more than probable he will be set at liberty directly he has given the information required, whether touching the health of his crew, or the value of his freight.”
“You see, Oz is a Great Wizard, and can take on any form he wishes.
To others he appears as a beautiful fairy, or a brownie, or in any other form that pleases him.
But who the real Oz is, when he is in his own form, no living person can tell.”
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