fashion (1), facioun, fassion, fassoun, fassyone

[O. Fr. face on, fachon, fazon, from Lat. factio =a making, facio to make, to do.] *1. The act of making or fashioning; workmanship. "Failyeing that the said Walter deliuer nocht again the said chen ye of gold, that he sall content and pay to the said Schir William for the fasoune of ilke vnce a Franche croune." -Act . Dom . Conc. (an. 1489), p. 135. 2. The make, form, or external shape and appearance of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure. "What fashion shall I make your breeches?"- Shakesp .: Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 7. *3. A form, model, or pattern. "King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar."-2 Kings xvi. 10. *4. External appearance in general. "I will, or let me lose the fashion of a man." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., iv. 2. 5. The prevailing style or mode of dre , ornament, .; custom or conventional usage in regard to dre , behavior, etiquette, . "Fashions in all our geste rings, Fashions in our attyre." Drant: Horace; Satires , bk. i., sat. 2. 6. Custom, prevailing practice. "The fashion of the world is to avoid cost."- Shakesp .: Much Ado about Nothing , i. 1. 7. Genteel or fashionable life; good breeding; position in society. "It is strange that men of fashion, and gentlemen, should so gro ly belie their own knowledge."-Raleigh. *8. That which good breeding requires. "For fashion sake, I thank you."-Shakesp.: As You Like It , iii. 2. IMG:content-1452.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1453.png:[blocks in formation] *fash'-ion (2), 8. [FASHIONS, 2.] fashion, v. t. [Fr. façonner; O. Sp. faccionar.] [FASHION, 8.] 1. To form, to mold, to give shape, figure, or form to. "Shall the clay say to him that fashion eth it, What makest thou?"- Isaiah xlv. 9. 2. To make or form according to the rule prescribed by custom. "Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight."_ Locke . (Johnson.) 3. To fit, to adapt, to accommodate. *Refines his speech, and fashions his addre ." Cowper: Retirement, 240. *4. To counterfeit, to feign, to forge. "To fashion a carriage to rob love from any."-Shakesp.: Much Ado About Nothing , i. 3. *5. To contrive, to bring about, to frame. "They have conjoined to fashion their false sport." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream , iii. 2. For the difference between to fashion and to form , see FORM. fash-ion-a-ble, a. &' s . [Eng. fashion ; -able .] A. As adjective : 1. According to fashion or custom; established by custom or use; in conformity with the fashion or established mode. "While he was learning fashions, not to have refused so fashionable a temptation."- South : Sermons, vol. vi., ser. 5. 2. Made according to the fashion. "Rich fashionable robes her person deck: Pendants her ears, and pearls adorn her neck." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses x. 3. Observant of the fashion or established rules of conduct; dre ing or behaving according to the fashion. "Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by th' hand." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , iii. 3. 4. Genteel, well-bred; holding a good position in society. "The language of fashionable society, the language of diplomacy."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. iii. *B. As subst.: A person holding a good position in society. "Me and the other fash'nables only came last night."Dickens: Pickwick , ch. xxxv.