KJV Dictionary Definition: shape

shape

SHAPE, v.t. pret. shaped; pp. shaped or shapen.

1. To form or create.

I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. 51.

2. To mold or make into a particular form; to give form or figure to; as, to shape a garment.

Grace shap'd her limbs, and beauty deck'd her face. Prior.

3. To mold; to cast; to regulate; to adjust; to adapt to a purpose. He shapes his plans or designs to the temper of the times.

4. To direct; as, to shape a course.

5. To image; to conceive.

Oft my jealousy

shaped

SHA'PED, pp. Formed; molded; cast; conceived.

shapely

SHA'PELY, a. from shape. Well formed; having a regular shapr; symmetrical.

shaping

SHA'PING, ppr. Forming; molding; casting; conceiving; giving form.