deform
verb (used with object)
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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The lines of drapery, or of any article of dress, must conform to those of that part of the figure which it conceals, or the effect will be deforming, monstrous.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various