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FORMERn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
One who forms; a maker; a creator. A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. A cutting die.
FORMERa.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age. Job. viii. 8. The latter and former rain. Hosea vi. 3. Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned. A bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic; a man may be the former merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be latter without both that and an ill temper. Pope.
formeradj
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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Previous. | First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
formernoun
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Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder. | An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die. | Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
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