shapen
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of shapen
1250–1300; Middle English; Old English -sceapen (only in compounds); originally past participle of shape
Example Sentences
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The Psalmist says, “I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert
Little Alice died last year—the grave is shapen Like a snowball, in the rime.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various
As shapen in iniquity, No good by nature can I see; My heart can never serve Thee right, In folly it is sunken quite.
From Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly by Gerhardt, Paul
The shapen eighth son was called Vivasvat, the sun.**
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
It is a rather fantastic low corset, curiously shapen; and originally, apparently, made of wonderful elaborate brocade.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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