Definition of "forshape" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.

   • 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.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.