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† forˈshape, v. Obs.
For forms see shape v.
[OE. forscęppan str. vb., f. for- prefix1 + scęppan: see shape v.]
trans. To metamorphose, transform; to misshape, disfigure.
c1000ælfric Gen. 308 (Gr.) Heo ealle forsceop drihten to deoflum. a1225Ancr. R. 120 Hwat ȝif eni ancre..is forschupped to wuluene. c1350Will. Palerne 4394 Ich forschop þe þanne In þis wise to a werwolf. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxlii. (1495) 698 Ydo made a mawmet: and forshaped it in the stede of god. 1480Descr. Brit. 54 A man and a woman most nedes ben..forshapen in to likenes of wolues. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 956 To forshape, transmuer. 1884Child Ballads ii. xxxi. 291/2 Her stepmother had forshapen her.
Hence forˈshaped, forˈshapen ppl. adjs., transformed, misshapen. forˈshaping, a deformity. Also forschuppild |-y-| [see -ild], a transformer.
a1225Ancr. R. 120 Wreððe is a uorschuppild. c1320Cast. Love 640 He were al soþfast mon, Þat no forschippyng weore him on. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. vi, Remedyes..by the which a forshapen soule maye be restored agayne. 1530Palsgr. 157 A monstre, a wonderfull thyng or forshapen. |