FASHION
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Fash"ion (?), n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.]
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1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution.
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The fashion of his countenance was altered.
Luke ix. 29.
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I do not like the fashion of your garments.
Shak.
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2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.
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The innocent diversions in fashion.
Locke.
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As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation.
H. Spencer.
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3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.
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4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. “After his sour fashion.” Shak.
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After a fashion, to a certain extent; of a sort; sort of. -- Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. -- Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.
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Fash"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.] [Cf. F. faconner.] 1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
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Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.
Gay.
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Ingenious art . . .
Steps forth to fashion and refine the age.
Cowper.
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2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
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Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.
Spenser.
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3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
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Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
Locke.
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4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
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