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outshape

outshape verb: to give external form to.

Verb

outshape (third-person singular simple present outshapes, present participle outshaping, simple past outshaped, past participle outshaped or outshapen)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To give external form to.

Forms of outshape

third-person singular presentoutshapes
present participleoutshaping
pastoutshaped
past participleoutshaped
past participleoutshapen

Origin of outshape

From out- + shape.

Questions about outshape

What does outshape mean?
Outshape means to give external form to.
What part of speech is outshape?
Outshape is a verb.
What is the past tense of outshape?
The past tense of outshape is outshaped.

Words near outshape in the dictionary

  1. outshaking
  2. outshame
  3. outshamed
  4. outshames
  5. outshaming
  6. outshape
  7. outshaped
  8. outshapes
  9. outshaping
  10. outsharp
  11. outsharped

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