Read full poem →Oh, he was multiform--
Which then was he among the manifold?
Dictionary Entry
An organism, folktale, etc. that appears in more than one form.
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Common Phrases
. multiformactivities multiformcharacter multiformventricular multiformworld multiformnature multiform
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Synonyms
Poetry examples for “multiform”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Fact shall be fact for me, and the Truth the Truth as ever,
Flexible, changeable, vague, and multiform, and doubtful.—
Off, and depart to the void, thou subtle, fanatical tempter!
Read full poem →From winds that sweep the winter-bitten wold,--
Like multiform circumfluence manifold
Of night's flood-tide,--like terrors that agree
Read full poem →The word suits many different martyrdoms,
And signifies a multiform of death,
Although we scarcely die apostles, we,
Read full poem →Oh, he was multiform--
Which then was he among the manifold?
Read full poem →Which only poets know. The shifts and turns,
Th' expedients and inventions multiform
To which the mind resorts in chase of terms