shapen
having a designated shape (usually used in combination): a sprawling, ill-shapen building.
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How to use shapen in a sentence
And so saying, the mis-shapen little demon set up a hideous yell, and danced upon the ground as if frantic with rage.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensA considerable quantity of odd shapen gravel stones were also found in a bag, but for what use these were intended is unknown.
They would have inherited purity and a blessing for the Father's sake, instead of being "shapen in iniquity."
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxAnd Keckerman, by way of inference, excludes all that are ill-shapen from this presbyterian function in the church.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousThe trivial questions I want to put could hardly be shapen in a letter so as to govern an answer that would satisfy my need.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George Eliot
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