Word Meanings - EFFORMATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act of giving shape or form. Ray.
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- SHAPE
is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and - GIVES
Fetters. - GIVING
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. 2. A gift; a benefaction. Pope. 3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." Addison. Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. -- Giving - SHAPER
1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool, - SHAPELY
1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to - GIVER
One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock. - GIVEN
p. p. & a. from Give, v. - SHAPELESS
Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to Ant: shapely. -- Shape"less*ness, n. The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. Pope. - GIVE
To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given. 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. I give not heaven for lost. Mlton. 10. To attribute; to assign; - SHAPELINESS
The quality or state of being shapely. - SPINDLE-SHAPED
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle. - DIAMOND-SHAPED
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. - STRAP-SHAPED
Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla. - TERGIVERSATOR
One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion. - THANKSGIVING
1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4. In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak. And taught by thee - ALMSGIVING
The giving of alms. - MISGIVING
Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and misgivings." South. - AWL-SHAPED
Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl. - FUNGIVOROUS
Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails. - SWORD-SHAPED
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. - FIDDLE-SHAPED
Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray. - REGIVE
To give again; to give back. - FORGIVER
One who forgives. Johnson. - OGIVE
The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally. - THANKSGIVER
One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow. - UPGIVE
To give up or out. - THANKSGIVE
To give or dedicate in token of thanks. Mede.