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English
Noun
shippe (plural shippes)
- Obsolete spelling of ship.
1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Aristippus”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, , London: Ihon Kingston, →OCLC, book I, folio 43, verso, paragraph 42:When he had saied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]
Middle English
Noun
shippe
- Alternative form of schip
Portuguese
Verb
shippe
- inflection of shippar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative