I was shapen in iniquity. --Ps. li. 5.
Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.
--Prior.
2. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct;
as, to shape the course of a vessel.
To the stream, when neither friends, nor force, Nor
speed nor art avail, he shapes his course. --Denham.
Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire, And
shape my foolishness to their desire. --Prior.
3. To image; to conceive; to body forth.
Oft my jealousy Shapes faults that are not. --Shak.
4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.
When shapen was all this conspiracy, From point to
point. --Chaucer.
{Shaping machine}. (Mach.) Same as {Shaper}.
{To shape one's self}, to prepare; to make ready. [Obs.]
I will early shape me therefor. --Chaucer.