shapen

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From shape +‎ -en.

Verb[edit]

shapen (third-person singular simple present shapens, present participle shapening, simple past and past participle shapened)

  1. (rare) To shape, form.
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Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

shapen

  1. (obsolete) past participle of shape

Adjective[edit]

shapen (comparative more shapen, superlative most shapen)

  1. (mostly in compounds) Shaped; wrought with a definite shape.
    ill-shapen
    well-shapen

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