shapen

verb, adj — 2 senses

shapen

verb

Etymology From shape (“external form”) + -en (“to make like”).

Rare To shape, form.

Derived terms: misshapen, unshapen

shapen

adj

Etymology 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).

In compounds Shaped; wrought with a definite shape.

ill-shapen
well-shapen

Derived terms: misshapen, shipshape, undershapen, unshapen

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