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Model(medicine)
model(2)(dictionary)
KNF model(medicine)
Model(health)
MODEL(law)
Model For IR(law)
Razorblade model(finance)
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model(2) (iou)



model verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. L16.
[from the noun, after French modeler.]
verb trans.
a. Draw a plan of; produce a preliminary version of. Also, give an outline or synopsis of. (Foll. by forth, out.) L16-L17.
b. Frame a model or miniature replica of. M17.
Longfellow Many a ship that sailed the main Was modelled o'er and o'er again.
verb trans.
a. Foll. by out: produce (a facial expression) by studied effort. Only in E17.
b. Form in imitation of a particular model. Now usu. foll. by (up)on the model. L17.
R. G. Collingwood Alexander's philosophy of nature is even more closely modelled on the Critique of Pure Reason. T. Ireland She'd always modelled herself on her older sister.
c. Assimilate in form to. L17.
d. Bring into a specified shape. E18-E19.
e. Give shape to, frame, fashion, (a document, argument, or other immaterial object). M18.
verb trans. Produce (a figure or likeness) as a model in clay, wax, etc. M17.
R. Ingalls She was modelling a bust in clay.
b. Devise a (usu. mathematical) model or simplified description of (a phenomenon, system, etc.). M20.
Nature The first attempts to model the urban system were made by traffic engineers.
verb trans. Organize (a group of people, a community, a government, etc.). M17-M19.
R. Fiddes God, who founded human society, may model it as he pleases.
verb trans. Train in or mould to a particular mode of life or behaviour. M17-M18.
G. Farquhar 'Tis an insupportable toil..for women..to model their husbands to good breeding.
verb trans. & intrans. In drawing, painting, etc.: form with or assume the appearance of natural relief, (cause to) appear three-dimensional. M19.
verb intrans. Produce or devise a model. M19.
O. W. Holmes I rough out my thoughts in talk as an artist models in clay.
a. verb intrans. Pose or act as a model; be a fashion or photographic model. E20.
T. Callender She modelled for him for free. She was a good sitter.
b. verb trans. Display (clothes) as a model. E20.