forme

[ fawrm ]

/ fɔrm /

noun British.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of forme

From French

Words nearby forme

formative, formative assessment, formative element, formboard, formby, forme, forme fruste, former, formerly, formfitting, formful

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Example sentences from the Web for forme

In the 13th century, a cookbook was published in England called The Forme of Cury.
5 Recipes for the Perfect Lasagna|Cookstr.com|February 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Or could he have a forme fruste of the fever that afflicted Sister Anjali?
'Are You Also With Fever?'|Dr. Abraham Verghese|February 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Which declareth, the Forme resulting, to be Heate, in the middle of the third degree.
The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara|John Dee
This evening prayer at Paules the King was publikely prayed for in forme as our Queene used to be.
Diary of John Manningham|John Manningham

There was many 100 of gentellmen which went on horsback to doe these devotions in the forme as afforsaid.
Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume II|Richard Cocks
So is our Forme, "I shall do thus, and thus, so help me God."
Leviathan|Thomas Hobbes
Mentioned in Parkinsons list of orchard pears as a very good peare, like in forme and colour unto the Windsor but somewhat grayer.
The Pears of New York|U. P. Hedrick

British Dictionary definitions for forme

forme

US form

/ (fɔːm) /

noun

printing type matter, blocks, etc, assembled in a chase and ready for printing

Word Origin for forme

C15: from French: form

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