Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FASH'ION
FASH'ION, v.t. [fash'on; Fr. façonner.]
- To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold. Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. Gay. Aaron fashioned the calf with a graving tool. Exod. xxxii. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou? Is. xiv.
- To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; with to. Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. Spenser.
- To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. Locke.
- To forge or counterfeit. [Not used.] Shak.
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