shapechange

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verb

To shapeshift.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

verbshapechange (third-person singular simple present shapechanges, present participle shapechanging, simple past and past participle shapechanged)

present singular third person shapechanges · participle present shapechanging · participle past shapechanged · past shapechanged

  1. fantasyTo shapeshift.

    He clapped the big man on the shoulder and quickly left. In the shadows of the bridge he shapechanged and headed for Greenvale.

    2004, Keri Arthur, Generation 18, London: Piatkus, published 2009, →ISBN, page 161
nounshapechange (plural shapechanges)

plural shapechanges

  1. fantasyAn instance of shapechanging.

    I watched Michael's face and asked, "Why was he there then? I'd have put down money that it was a demon, but it was just a shapechange. There was a mortal inside it. Who was he?"

    2003, Jim Butcher, Death Masks, New York, N.Y.: Roc Books, →ISBN, page 78

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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