† trans-shapetranshapen.

Etymology: < trans-shape v.

Obsolete.

Change of shape; transformation; metamorphosis.

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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > changing in shape or form

metamorphosis1447

translatingc1454

metamorphosy1532

transfiguration1548

metamorphose1608

trans-shape1611

tranation1654

transfigurement1865

transpeciation1867

shape-shifting1884

neomorphism1888

trans-shaping1909

1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iv. sig. G4 By our [printed out] transhapes, And guiles of loue.

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age ii. sig. F^v But her search He soone deluded in his slye trans-shapes.

1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse i. i Ile shew thee..What kind of people I commerst withall In my transhape.

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trans-shapetranshapev.

/trɑːnˈʃeɪp/

/tranˈʃeɪp/

/trɑːnsˈʃeɪp/

/transˈʃeɪp/

Etymology: < trans- prefix + shape v.

Now rare (? archaic).

transitive. To alter the shape or form of; to transform.

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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > in form or appearance

makec1175

transfigurea1340

transformc1340

overcasta1387

translatea1393

shapec1400

resolvea1450

transfigurate?a1475

fashion1528

converta1530

to bless into1534

redact1554

trans-shape1575

deduce1587

star1606

deducta1627

Pythagorize1631

to run into ——a1640

transpeciate1643

transmogrify1656

throw1824

transfeature1875

squirm1876

recontour1913

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 191^v The Oliue and Laurell, into the which were transhaped Lotus and Daphe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 167 Thus did shee an houre together trans-shape thy particular vertues.

1638 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 179 Hee's from a toward hopefull Gentleman, Transeshapt to a meere Ballater.

1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. ii. 74 Till Soto by degrees was transhaped into a goodly Steed.

1659 Lady Alimony ii. vi. sig. E4^v When th' Camel shall Transhape himself into a nimble Wesil,..I shall value you.

1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Eclogues v, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 45 Or how he told of Tereus' limbs transshaped.

Derivatives

trans-shaped adj. /-ˈʃeɪpt/

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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transformed

transformed1413

transmutate?a1475

leavened1587

trans-shaped1602

Pythagoreana1667

transfigured1678

metamorphosed1730

transmuted1749

transmogrifiedc1832

transnatural1907

metamorphosized1948

born-again1977

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. G^v Rather put on some transhap't caualier, Some habit of a spitting Critick.

trans-ˈshaping n.

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