Forshape

Origin

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

Full definition of forshape

Verb

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.Unkindelich he was transformed, That he which erst a man was formed, Into a woman was forshapen. ― Gower.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.