shapenadj.
/ˈʃeɪp(ə)n/ 1. Having a shape (of the kind specified by the qualifying word). Cf. well-shapen adj.
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the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having (specific) shape
proportionedc1390
figured?a1400
shapena1400
featuredc1500
proportionated1612
figurated1642
shaped1720
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > shape or form
shapena1400
shaped1720
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8076 Þat sagh man neuer for-wit þat hore, Sua fraward scapen creature.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula (1910) 6 Haue the leche also clene handes and wele shapen nailez.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ix. ii. 341 The knyȝt with the euylle shapen cote.
c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxiii. 235 His fayre and wel shappen body.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. Prol. sig. ++iii That the righte shapen workes abyde not behynde, but accompanye faythe.
1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 197 An vglie shapen sight appeared to them, comming in at the south Window.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 139 The Births of Liuing Creatures, at first, are ill shapen.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 85 A well shapen Man.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 133 She was a good-looking woman..well-shapen.
2. Furnished with a definite shape; fashioned, shaped.
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the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having definite shape
shapen1483
figurate1626
figured1626
shapely1827
shaped1845
crystallized1847
morphous1852
1483 Cath. Angl. 333/1 Schapyne, aptus, aptatus, adplasmatus.
1558 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 88 I bequith all my shappen apparell as jacketts, dubletts and others unto my children.
1558 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 141, 200.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xii. 215 And withal on the topmost tomb we set the shapen oar.
1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1896) 214 Yet on he went until he heard The cry become a shapen word.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
shapenv.
/ˈʃeɪp(ə)n/ rare.
transitive. To shape, impart a shape to.
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the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)]
i-schapeOE
shapec1000
afaite?c1225
feigna1300
form1340
deformc1384
proportionc1384
throwc1390
figure?a1400
parec1400
mould1408
fashion1413
portrayc1450
effigure1486
porture1489
moul1530
shapen1535
frame1553
proportionate1555
efform1578
inform1590
formate1599
to shape out1600
infigure1611
figurate1615
immodelize1649
effinge1657
effigiate1660
configure1857
carpenter1884
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xxviii. 14 He sayde: How is he shapened? She sayde: There commeth vp an olde man, and is clothed with a longe garment.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxiv. 65 Their speciall charge was first to shapen his limmes and bodie, goodly, and healthie.
1623 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden (ed. 2) vii. 20 When it [sc. the sap]..shapens his buds for next yeeres fruit.
1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. i. 14 The minor portions of his creed hung loose, For time to shapen and an whole produce.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 1/3 Wait..until the creature has..shapened itself into the form of a cottage loaf.
Derivatives
ˈshapening n.
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping
moulding1327
shapinga1350
forming1401
plasmation?a1475
framing1551
figuration1561
characterization1570
efformation1578
modelizing1600
fictilage1610
shapening1647
modelling1706
licking1737
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. i. ix This is the nourishing Of all; but spermall form, the certain shapening.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. i. xix The soul doth imitate and bring Thy eye to such a temper in her shapening.
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