Definition of FORSHAPE

forshape

Verb

  • To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
  • To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.

Origin / Etymology

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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