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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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Shape

Shape (shape)
v. t.(sh1913 webster dictionaryp)
Shape
[imp. Shaped (sh1913 webster dictionarypt); p. p. Shaped or Shapen (sh1913 webster dictionaryp"'n); p. pr. *** vb. n. Shaping.] [OE. shapen, schapen, AS. sceapian. T
  1. To form or create] especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

    I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5.

    Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face. Prior.

  2. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

    To the stream, when neither friends, nor force,
    Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.
    Denham.

    Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire,
    And shape my foolishness to their desire.
    Prior.

  3. To image; to conceive; to body forth.

    Oft my jealousy
    Shapes faults that are not.
    Shak.

  4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

    When shapen was all this conspiracy,
    From point to point.
    Chaucer.

    Shaping machine. (Mach.) Same as Shaper. -- To shape one's self, to prepare; to make ready. [Obs.]

    I will early shape me therefor. Chaucer.


Shape

Shape (shape)
v. i.(sh1913 webster dictionaryp)
Shape
  1. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
    [R.] Shak.

Shape

Shape (shape)
n.
Shape
  1. Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

    He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman. Shak.

  2. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

    Before the gates three sat,
    On either side, a formidable shape.
    Milton.

  3. A model; a pattern; a mold.
  4. Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.
    Milton.
  5. Dress for disguise; guise.
    [Obs.]

    Look better on this virgin, and consider
    This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing
    In a Greekish dress.
    Messinger.

  6. A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
    (b)













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