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    Fashion , n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.]
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    1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution.
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      The fashion of his countenance was altered.
      Luke ix. 29.

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      I do not like the fashion of your garments.
      Shak.

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    2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.
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      The innocent diversions in fashion.
      Locke.

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      As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation.
      H. Spencer.

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    3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.
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    4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. “After his sour fashion.”  
      Shak.

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      After a fashion, to a certain extent; of a sort; sort of. -- Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. -- Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.
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    Fashion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
    1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
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      Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.
      Gay.

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      Ingenious art . . . 
      Steps forth to fashion and refine the age.
      Cowper.

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    2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
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      Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.
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    3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
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      Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
      Locke.

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    4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.]
      Shak.

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      Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
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