shapen
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English
Etymology 1
From shape (“external form”) + -en (“to make like”).
Verb
shapen (third-person singular simple present shapens, present participle shapening, simple past and past participle shapened)
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
- (obsolete) past participle of shape
Adjective
shapen (comparative more shapen, superlative most shapen)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “shapen, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
