formation, n.f., formation.
forme, n.f., form, shape, figure, make; mode, mold, frame; body (of a hat); mold (in paper-making); (print.) form; seat; stall (of a choir); bed of gravel; (vet.) ring-bone; (nav.) dock. — de soulier; last of a shoe. Mettre des souliers en —; to put shoes on the last. — de chapeau; hat block. Sans autre — de procès; without any further formality. En —; formally. — de procédure; law proceeding, procedure. En la — qui suit; as follows. Argument en —; formal argument. Pour la —; for form’s sake. — brisée; stretchers. Dans les —s; en bonne —; in due form, in order.
formé, -e, adj. & part., formed; full-grown, mature, matured; set (of fruit).
formel, -le, adj., formal, express, precise, plain, explicit.
formellement (-mèl-mān), adv., formally, expressly, precisely, strictly.
former, v.a., to form, to frame, to fashion, to compose, to make up, to bring up, to cut out, to mold, to season; (jur.) to array (a panel). — une difficulté; to raise a difficulty. — une plainte; to lodge a complaint. — un jeune homme; to train up a youth.
se former, v.r., to be made, formed; to be bred, to form, to take, to assume a form, to take shape, to improve; to resolve one’s self into (a committee, etc.). — une idée de quelque chose; to form an idea of anything. Il se formera avec le temps; he will become polished or improve with time.
formica-leo, n.m., (—) myrmeleon, ant-lion.
formicant, adj., (med.) (of the pulse) weak and frequent.
formication, n.f., (med.) formication.