Con`for*ma"tion (?), n. [ L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation.]

1.

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality.
I. Watts.

2.

The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.

In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences.
Lowth.

A structure and conformation of the earth.
Woodward.

 

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