beshape

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ shape.

Verb

beshape (third-person singular simple present beshapes, present participle beshaping, simple past and past participle beshaped)

  1. (transitive, rare) To give shape to; form.
    • 1872, The Christian - Page 275:
      Many will want to know how this Home at Gait beshapes itself, and would be amused in seeing my varied occupations of the past week.
    • 1876, John Mactaggart, The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia:
      Nae sleek wee cobbles, on the wave-washed beach, Beshape her bosoms [...]
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