Defn: Same as Paté or Patté.
FORME
For"me, a. Etym: [OE., fr. AS. forma. See Foremost.]
Defn: First. [Obs.] "Adam our forme father." Chaucer.
FORMED
Formed, a.
1. (Astron.)
Defn: Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [R.]
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n. Formed material (Biol.), a term employed by Beale to denote the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly germinal or living matter.
FORMEDON For"me*don, n. Etym: [OF., fr. Latin. So called because the plaintiff claimed "by the form of the gift,: L. per formam doni.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.