Definitions for misshape
mis·shape

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. misshapeverb

   To shape badly or incorrectly.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Misshapeverb

   part. mishaped and mishapen. To shape ill; to form ill; to deform.

   Etymology: mis and shape.

   A rude mishapen, monstruous rabblement. Fa. Qu.

   His monstruous scalp down to his teeth it tore,
   And that misformed shape, misshaped more. Fairy Queen.

   Him then she does transform to monstruous hues,
   And horribly misshapes with ugly sights,
   Captiv’d eternally in iron mews. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

   This misshaped knave,
   His mother was a witch. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   And will she yet debase her eyes on me,
   On me that halt and am misshapen thus. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Let the misshaped trunk that bears this head
   Be round impaled with a glorious crown. William Shakespeare.

   Pride will have a fall: the beautiful trees go all to the wreck here, and only the misshapen and despicable dwarf is left standing. Roger L'Estrange.

   Pluto hates his own misshapen race,
   Her sister furies fly her hideous face. John Dryden, Æn.

   They make bold to destroy ill-formed and misshaped productions. John Locke.

   The Alps broken into so many steps and precipices, form one of the most irregular, mishapen scenes in the world. Addis.

   We ought not to believe that the banks of the ocean are really deformed, because they have not the form of a regular bulwark; nor that the mountains are misshapen, because they are not exact pyramids or cones. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   Some figures monstrous and misshap’d appear
   Consider’d singly, or beheld too near,
   Which but proportion’d to their site or place,
   Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Alexander Pope.

   2. In William Shakespeare, perhaps, it once signifies ill directed: as, to shape a course.

   Thy wit, that ornament to shape and love,
   Misshapen in the conduct of them both,
   Like powder in a skill-less soldiers flask,
   I set on fire. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Misshapeverb

   to shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Misshape

   mis-shāp′, v.t. to shape ill: to deform.—n. deformity.—p.adj. Misshap′en, ill-shaped.—n. Misshap′enness.

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How to pronounce misshape?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of misshape in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of misshape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Misshape
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=misshape
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misshape
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=misshape