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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shapen en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (rare) To shape, form.

Forms

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shapening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shapens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
shapened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shapened Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

unshapen · misshapen

shapen en · ADJ · etymology 2

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).

Meanings

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

Forms

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most shapen Degree=Sup lexicographic
more shapen Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

undershapen · shipshape · unshapen · misshapen

shapen en · VERB · etymology 2

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).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of shape
    form of shape