shapeSHAPE, 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 |