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# shapen

verb, past participle of shape (also an adjective)

«shapen» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Formed or made into a particular shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shapen/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say shaped. No sentences were given to check its use.

### Note

Today: shaped.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shapen» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shapen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shapen» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/shapen.html) on Mova free.