shope

Verb

shape (third-person singular simple present shapes, present participle shaping, simple past shaped or (obsolete) shope, past participle shaped or (obsolete) shope or (archaic) shapen)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
   • Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.
2. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
   • Shape the dough into a pretzel. For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.
3. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
   • Mature the Virgin was of Egypt's Race: / Grace ſhap'd her Limbs; and Beauty deck'd her Face: […]1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, book II (Pleasure), page...
4. (person, etc) To give influence to.
5. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
   • The more of you 'twas felt, the more it shap'd / Unto my end of stealing them1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
6. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
   • Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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