forshape
forshape · forshapes · forshaped · forshaping
To metamorphose; change the shape of; transformTo metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete, transitive)To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
late 14th century, John Gower, Confessio Amantis Unkindelich he was transformed, That he which erst a man was formed, Into a woman was forshape, That was to him an angry jape.
(obsolete, transitive)To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
Origin
From Middle English forshapen, forschapen (“to transform”), from Old English forsċieppan,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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Forms
forshapes, forshaping, forshaped, forshapedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle