Defn: To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
MODEL
Mod"el, v. i. (Fine Arts)
Defn: To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
MODELER
Mod"el*er, n.
Defn: One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]
MODELING
Mod"el*ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Defn: The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.] Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects. — Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, — used in modeling.
MODELIZE
Mod"el*ize, v. t.
Defn: To model. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
MODENA
Mod"e*na, n. Etym: [From Modena, in Italy.]