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shape

SHAPE, v.t. pret. shaped; pp. shaped or shapen.

1. To form or create.

I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. 51.

2. To mold or make into a particular form; to give form or figure to; as, to shape a garment.

Grace shap'd her limbs, and beauty deck'd her face. Prior.

3. To mold; to cast; to regulate; to adjust; to adapt to a purpose. He shapes his plans or designs to the temper of the times.

4. To direct; as, to shape a course.

5. To image; to conceive.

Oft my jealousy



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SHAPE, v.t. pret. shaped; pp. shaped or shapen.

1. To form or create.

I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. 51.

2. To mold or make into a particular form; to give form or figure to; as, to shape a garment.

Grace shap'd her limbs, and beauty deck'd her face. Prior.

3. To mold; to cast; to regulate; to adjust; to adapt to a purpose. He shapes his plans or designs to the temper of the times.

4. To direct; as, to shape a course.

5. To image; to conceive.

Oft my jealousy


SHAPE, n.

  1. Form or figure as constituted by lines and angles; as, the shape of a horse or a tree; the shape of the head, hand or foot.
  2. External appearance. He beat me grievously in the shape of a woman. – Shak.
  3. The form of the trunk of the human body; as, a clumsy shape; an elegant shape.
  4. A being as endowed with form. Before the gates there sat, / On either side, a formidable shape. – Milton.
  5. Idea; pattern. – Milton.
  6. Form. This application comes before the legislature in the shape of a memorial.
  7. Manner.

SHAPE, v.i.

To square; to suit; to be adjusted. – Shak.


SHAPE, v.t. [pret. shaped; pp. shaped or shapen. Sax. sceapian, sceppan, scipan or scyppan, to form, to create; Sw. skapa; Dan. skaber; C. schaffen, to ereate, to make or get, to procure, furnish or supply; D. scheppen, schaffen; San. shafana. The Sw. has skaffa, to provide, and the Dan. skaffer.]

  1. To form or create. I was shapen in iniquity. – Ps. li.
  2. To mold or make into a particular form; to give form or figure to; as, to shape a garment. Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty deck'd her face. – Prior.
  3. To mold; to cast; to regulate; to adjust; to adapt to a purpose. He shapes his plans or designs to the temper of the times.
  4. To direct; as, to shape a course. – Denham.
  5. To image; conceive. Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not. – Shak.

Shape
  1. To form or create] especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

    I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5.

    Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face. Prior.

  2. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

    [R.] Shak.
  3. Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

    He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman. Shak.

  4. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

    To the stream, when neither friends, nor force,
    Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.     Denham.

    Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire,
    And shape my foolishness to their desire.     Prior.

  5. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

    Before the gates three sat,
    On either side, a formidable shape.     Milton.

  6. To image; to conceive; to body forth.

    Oft my jealousy
    Shapes faults that are not.     Shak.

  7. A model; a pattern; a mold.
  8. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

    When shapen was all this conspiracy,
    From point to point.     Chaucer.

    Shaping machine. (Mach.) Same as Shaper. -- To shape one's self, to prepare; to make ready. [Obs.]

    I will early shape me therefor. Chaucer.

  9. Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

    Milton.
  10. Dress for disguise; guise.

    [Obs.]

    Look better on this virgin, and consider
    This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing
    In a Greekish dress.     Messinger.

  11. A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

    (b)
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Shape

SHAPE, verb transitive preterit tense shaped; participle passive shaped or shapen.

1. To form or create.

I was shapen in iniquity. Psalms 51:1.

2. To mold or make into a particular form; to give form or figure to; as, to shape a garment.

Grace shap'd her limbs, and beauty deck'd her face. Prior.

3. To mold; to cast; to regulate; to adjust; to adapt to a purpose. He shapes his plans or designs to the temper of the times.

4. To direct; as, to shape a course.

5. To image; to conceive.

Oft my jealousy

Shapes faults that are not. Shak.

SHAPE, verb intransitive To square; to suit; to be adjusted.

SHAPE, noun

1. Form or figure as constituted by lines and angles; as the shape of a horse or a tree; the shape of the head, hand or foot.

2. External appearance.

He beat me grievously in the shape of a woman. Shak.

3. The form of the trunk of the human boky; as a clumsy shape; an elegant shape.

4. A being as endowed with form.

Before the gates are sat,

On either side, a formidable shape. Milton.

5. Idea; pattern.

6. Form. This application comes before the legislature in the shape of a memorial.

7. Manner.

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