Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete preterit and past participle of shape.
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- verb archaic Simple past of
shape .
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Examples
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My old OED abridgment gives no etymology, but I think it would have been pronounced "shope," which sure sounds like it could be an old form originally meaning someone who shapes something.
A grain of truth? Carla 2007
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Yes | No | Report from buck hunter 17 wrote 48 weeks 6 days ago cabelas but never been in bas pro shope.
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Yes | No | Report from matt wasson wrote 3 weeks 17 hours ago the pawn shope in town has a couple right now around 350-500 Im hesitating becasue my wife would kill me and I think the price will come down soon ...
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Yes | No | Report from matt wasson wrote 3 weeks 17 hours ago the pawn shope in town has a couple right now around 350-500 Im hesitating becasue my wife would kill me and I think the price will come down soon ...
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I shope at Walmart for fabric and yarn, cards, and occasionally clothes.
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Yes | No | Report from buck hunter 17 wrote 48 weeks 6 days ago cabelas but never been in bas pro shope.
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Interestingly, when looking at the important points by maker, all the Japanese manufacturers scored much the same in each category, bu Dyson scored worst for in-shope display, was average for discussions with shop staff, but in most other categories was significantly higher, scoring between 20% and 30% for almost every point.
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Seriously, I would argue that in modern times it is the wealthy Americans who have the time and the money to shope for and pay for locally grown wonderful foods.
The World's Best Non-Fat Yogurt aka TBTAM 2007
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Jimin Lai/AFP via Getty Images A pamphlet for DiGi was displayed at a mobile phone shope in Kuala Lumpur.
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Now in a shope that sells magazines (even a big chain like WHSmiths) a magazine with SEX on the cover barely raises an eyebrow amidst the deluge of lads mags and gadget mags with almost naked woman on the front.
SF Tidbits Part VI 2005
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