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Meaning of forshape | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
    obsolete, transitive
  2. To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
    obsolete, transitive

Examples

“late 14th century, John Gower, Confessio Amantis Unkindelich he was transformed, That he which erst a man was formed, Into a woman was forshape, That was to him an angry jape.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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