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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fashion \Fash"ion\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Fashioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fashioning}.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.
Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. --Cowper.
2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. --Spenser.
3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. --Locke.
4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Fashioning needle} (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fashioned \Fash"ioned\, adjective Having a certain style or fashion; as, old-fashioned; new-fashioned.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fashioned
adjective: planned and made or fashioned artistically; "beautifully fashioned dresses"
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