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. (mostly in compounds) Shaped; wrought with a definite shape.

   ill-shapen

   well-shapen

Derived terms

• misshapen
• unshapen

Anagrams

• Phanes, phanes