shapeshift
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a back-formation from shapeshifter.
Verb
[edit]shapeshift (third-person singular simple present shapeshifts, present participle shapeshifting, simple past and past participle shapeshifted)
- (biology, fantasy, mythology, intransitive) To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.
- 2010, Mike Williams, Follow the Shaman's Call: An Ancient Path for Modern Lives, page 91:
- Journey in exactly the same way as you did to shapeshift into your power animal except, this time, set your intention to shapeshift into a named ancestor.
- 2019, Emily Rayven, Gateway To Brienka:
- I can't shapeshift Zane, I only look like this I always have.
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 57:
- But to embed oneself in an irregular and unpredictable food supply as mycelium does, one must be able to shapeshift.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To undergo a noticeable change (in character for example), to metamorphosize.
- 2019, Adam Turner-Heffer, Chelsea Wolfe: Birth of Violence review, The Skinny, September 2019, page 57:
- While Chelsea Wolfe has often shapeshifted in terms of how she presents her music, one thing remains constant: her big mood.
- 2019, Adam Turner-Heffer, Chelsea Wolfe: Birth of Violence review, The Skinny, September 2019, page 57:
Translations
[edit]change shape
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