forshape

Meaning

Verb

• To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
• To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.

Origin

• From Middle English forshapen, forschapen, from Old English forsċieppan, forsċeppan, from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *skapjaną, equivalent to for- + shape. Cognate with German verschaffen ("to provide, supply, furnish"), Swedish förskapa ("to cut out").