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forshape.

To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English forshapen, forschapen (“to transform”), from Old English forsċieppan, forsċeppan (“to transform”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraskappjan, equivalent to for- + shape. Cognate with German verschaffen (“to provide, supply, furnish”), Swedish förskapa (“to cut out”).

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