shapen

English

Etymology 1

From shape + -en.

Verb

shapen (third-person singular simple present shapens, present participle shapening, simple past and past participle shapened)

  1. (rare) To shape, form.

Etymology 2

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).

Verb

shapen

  1. (obsolete) past participle of shape

Adjective

shapen (comparative more shapen, superlative most shapen)

  1. (archaic) Shaped.

Anagrams

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