Shape

shāp, v.t. to form: to fashion: to adapt to a purpose: to regulate: to direct: to conceive.— v.i. ( Shak. ) to take shape, to become fit:— pa.p. shāped, ( B. ) shāp′en. — n. form or figure: external appearance: that which has form or figure: an appearance: particular nature: expre ion, as in words: a pattern: ( cook. ) a dish of rice, jelly, or the like cast in a mould and turned out when it has grown firm.— adjs. Shā′pable , Shape′able ; Shaped , having a varied ornamental form; Shape′le , having no shape or regular form: ( Shak. ) effecting nothing.— ns. Shape′le ne ; Shape′line .— adj. Shape′ly , having shape or regular form: symmetrical.— ns. Shā′per , a metal planing machine, the tool with reciprocating motion; Shā′ping , representation, imagination.— Take shape , to a ume a definite form or plan. [A.S. sceapan , scapan , to form, make; Ice. skapa , Ger. schaffen .]