Obs. [f. prec. + -ATION.] Formation, framing, shaping.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, IV. 61. We haue noted the noble vse and effourmation of this member.
1662. Evelyn, Chalcogr. (1769), 16. As the protypus was of wax for efformation.
1691. Ray, Creation (1714), 40. To give an account of the Production and Efformation of the Universe.
