Fash·ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.]
  1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
     Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.   --Gay.
  Ingenious art . . .
  Steps forth to fashion and refine the age.   --Cowper.
  2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
     Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.   --Spenser.
  3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
     Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.   --Locke.
  4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.]
  Fashioning needle Knitting Machine, a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
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  fashioning
       n : the act that results in something coming to be; "the
           devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans";
           "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the
           making" [syn: devising, making]