Shape | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Shāpe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. SHAPED (shāpt); p. p. SHAPED, or SHAPEN; p. pr. & vb. n. SHAPING.] [A-S. scapan, sceapan, sceppan, O. Sax. scapan, giscapan, Goth. skapan, skapjan, paskapjan, Icel. skapa, skeipa, Sw. skapa, skaffa, Dan. skabe, skaffe, O. Fries. skeppa, D. scheppen, L. Ger. scheppen, schippen, O. H. Ger. scafan, scefan, N. H. Ger. schaffen.] 1. To form or create; to make; to produce. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. 2. To mold or make into a particular form; to give form or figure to; to form. Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face. Prior. 3. To adapt to a purpose; to mold; to regulate; to adjust; to direct. To the stream, when neither friends, nor force, Nor art, nor speed avail, he shapes his course. Denham. 4. To image; to conceive; to make; to beget. Oft my jealousy Shapes faults that are not. Shak.

Shāpe, v. i.

verbintransitive

To square; to suit; to be adjusted. [Rare.] Shak.

Shāpe, n.

noun

n. 1. Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a horse or a tree; the shape of the head, hand, or foot; 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 there sat, On either side, a formidable shape. Milton.

Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality. Milton.
Dress for disguise; guise. [Obs.]

This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing In a Greekish dress. Massinger.