See schap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Fate, destiny, or purpose."
],
"links": [
[
"underlying",
"underlying"
],
[
"structure",
"structure"
],
[
"makeup",
"makeup"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"Fate",
"fate"
],
[
"destiny",
"destiny"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Philosophy"
],
"glosses": [
"The underlying structure or makeup of something:",
"The essential category of something (Aristotle's μορφή)."
],
"links": [
[
"underlying",
"underlying"
],
[
"structure",
"structure"
],
[
"makeup",
"makeup"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
],
[
"essential",
"essential"
],
[
"category",
"category"
],
[
"μορφή",
"μορφή#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"The underlying structure or makeup of something:",
"(philosophy) The essential category of something (Aristotle's μορφή)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "forme"
}
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A creation or creature; something created."
],
"links": [
[
"creation",
"creation"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"create",
"create"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Genitalia; the sex organs, especially if external."
],
"links": [
[
"Genitalia",
"genitalia"
],
[
"sex organ",
"sex organ"
],
[
"external",
"external"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Sex or gender."
],
"links": [
[
"Sex",
"sex"
],
[
"gender",
"gender"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Sex or gender."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃap/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃaːp(ə)/",
"note": "from the plural ġesċapu; reinforced by the plural schapes and the verb schapen"
}
],
"word": "schap"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Appearance",
"enm:Fashion",
"enm:Gender",
"enm:Genitalia",
"enm:Geometry"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "schap",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "schapen"
}
],
"categories": [
"Late Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of schapen"
],
"links": [
[
"schapen",
"schapen#Middle_English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Late Middle English) alternative form of schapen"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "schap"
}
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