shapen

English

Etymology 1

From shape (“external form”) +‎ -en (“to make like”).[1]

Verb

shapen (third-person singular simple present shapens, present participle shapening, simple past and past participle shapened)

  1. (rare) To shape, form.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English schapen, ischepen, from Old English ġesċapen, from Proto-Germanic *skapanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *skapaną, equivalent to shape +‎ -en (past participle ending).

Verb

shapen

  1. (obsolete) past participle of shape

Adjective

shapen (comparative more shapen, superlative most shapen)

  1. (mostly in compounds) Shaped; wrought with a definite shape.
    ill-shapen
    well-shapen

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “shapen, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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