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shapechange

shapechange verb: to shapeshift.

Verb

shapechange (third-person singular simple present shapechanges, present participle shapechanging, simple past and past participle shapechanged)

  1. To shapeshift.
    • He clapped the big man on the shoulder and quickly left. In the shadows of the bridge he shapechanged and headed for Greenvale.2004, Keri Arthur, Generation 18, London: Piatkus, published 2009, →ISBN, page 161

Noun

shapechange (plural shapechanges)

  1. An instance of shapechanging.
    • I watched Michael's face and asked, "Why was he there then? I'd have put down money that it was a demon, but it was just a shapechange. There was a mortal inside it. Who was he?"2003, Jim Butcher, Death Masks, New York, N.Y.: Roc Books, →ISBN, page 78

Forms of shapechange

Verb
third-person singular presentshapechanges
present participleshapechanging
past participleshapechanged
pastshapechanged
Noun
pluralshapechanges

Origin of shapechange

Compound of shape + change.

Words formed from shapechange

Questions about shapechange

What does shapechange mean?
Shapechange means to shapeshift.
What part of speech is shapechange?
Shapechange can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of shapechange?
The past tense of shapechange is shapechanged.

Words near shapechange in the dictionary

  1. shape-shifts
  2. shape-up
  3. shape-ups
  4. shapeability
  5. shapeable
  6. shapechange
  7. shapechanged
  8. shapechanger
  9. shapechangers
  10. shapechanges
  11. shapechanging

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