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 shapen eighth son was called Vivasvat, the sun.**
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
No one now uses he spake, and he drave, instead of he spoke, and he drove; holpen is replaced by helped; holden by held; shapen by shaped.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
True," say the children, "it may happen That we die before our time: Little Alice died last year, her grave is shapen Like a snowball, in the rime.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Upon the spire there is a vane shapen like a cock and swinging to all the winds on its rusty hinges.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
We incline to think if these parts are comely, well shapen, strong, beautiful, the possessor may march on to success.
From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Frank Herbert Tubbs
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