UNSHAPE

Etymology

Verb

unshape (third-person singular simple present unshapes, present participle unshaping, simple past unshaped, past participle unshapen or unshaped)

(transitive) To deprive of shape; throw out of form or into disorder.

(transitive) To confound; derange.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*shape, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + shape.]

Definition: To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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