I . n.
1.
Shape ( with especial reference to structure ), figure, configuration, con~ation, mould, fashion, cast, cut, tournure .
2.
Mode, method, ~ula, ~ulary, ritual, established practice.
3.
Manner, system, sort, kind, order.
4.
Regularity, order, arrangement, shapeliness.
5.
Ceremony, ~ality, ceremonial, ritual, conventionality, etiquette, conventional rule.
6.
Empty show, mere appearance.
7.
Bench, long seat ( without a back ).
8.
Class, rank of students.
9.
Type in a chase ( ready for printing ).
10.
Mould, pattern, model.
11.
( Met. ) Arrangement, organization, combination, law of combination, principle of arrangement or synthesis, a priori principle.
II . v. a.
1.
Fashion, shape, mould.
2.
Make, create, produce.
3.
Contrive, devise, invent, frame.
4.
Constitute, compose, make up.
5.
Arrange, dispose, combine.