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beshape

beshape verb: to give shape to; form.

Verb

beshape (third-person singular simple present beshapes, present participle beshaping, simple past and past participle beshaped)

  1. (rare, transitive) To give shape to; form.
    • Many will want to know how this Home at Gait beshapes itself, and would be amused in seeing my varied occupations of the past week.1872, The Christian, page 275
    • Nae sleek wee cobbles, on the wave-washed beach, Beshape her bosoms [...]1876, John Mactaggart, The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia

Forms of beshape

third-person singular presentbeshapes
present participlebeshaping
past participlebeshaped
pastbeshaped

Origin of beshape

From be- + shape.

Questions about beshape

What does beshape mean?
Beshape means to give shape to; form.
What part of speech is beshape?
Beshape is a verb.
What is the past tense of beshape?
The past tense of beshape is beshaped.

Words near beshape in the dictionary

  1. beshakes
  2. beshame
  3. beshamed
  4. beshames
  5. beshaming
  6. beshape
  7. Beshara
  8. besharam
  9. beshare
  10. beshares
  11. besharp

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