† forshapev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To metamorphose, transform; to misshape, disfigure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > give another shape to
forshapeOE
transfigurea1340
transformc1340
transfigurate?a1475
turkess1530
turkish1560
turken1575
metamorphose1576
metamorphize1587
reform1634
deform1702
reshape1794
transmould1855
metamorphosize1888
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
mew1512
transmutea1513
wring1524
reduct1548
transform1556
innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)]
deformc1400
misshapec1450
misshapenc1450
misform1483
misfashiona1525
bring1530
misfigure1563
disjoint1638
dislocate1660
forshape1884
OE Genesis 308 Heo ealle forsceop drihten to deoflum.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 98 Hwat ȝef ani ancre..is forschepe to wulfene.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4394 Ich forschop þe þanne In þis wise to a werwolf.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxlii. 1040 Ydo made a maument and forschaped it [emended in ed. to ydolis were made an maument and worschiped] in þe stede of god.
1480 Descr. Brit. 54 A man and a woman most nedes ben..forshapen in to likenes of wolues.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Jiv To forshape, transmuer.
1884 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads I. ii. xxxi. 291/2 Her stepmother had forshapen her.
Derivatives
forˈshaped adj.
forˈshapen adj. transformed, misshapen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective]
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
forshapenc1440
misfashioned?a1513
inform1555
fromshapen1581
misformed1590
informous1610
disjointed1652
ill-formeda1672
abnormous1710
malformed1817
dislocated1830
aberrated1976
c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. vi Remedyes..by the which a forshapen soule maye be restored agayne.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 157 A monstre, a wonderfull thyng or forshapen.
forˈshaping n. a deformity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > part or organ
forshapingc1320
monstrosity1555
misprision1650
c1320 Cast. Love 640 He were al soþfast mon, Þat no forschippyng weore him on.
forschuppild n. [see -ild suffix] a transformer.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > cause of transformation
forschuppild?c1225
converter1533
transformer1601
plantator1616
transformator1617
transmogrifier1676
new broom1799
transformist1799
denaturalizer1832
catalyser1904
wind (also winds) of change1905
catalyst1943
touchpaper1968
the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > action or fact of changing shape > one who
forschuppild?c1225
metamorphoser1576
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 96 Hwraððe is anfor schuppild.
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