adj
Meaning 1
Shaped; wrought with a definite shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Examples
- ill-shapen
- well-shapen
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shapen
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verb
Meaning 2
To shape, form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
Meaning 3
past participle of shape
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
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History
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).
From shape (“external form”) + -en (“to make like”).