fashion vb. (1 rare outside S.)
1.
to contrive,
manage
MND. III. ii. 194
“To this false
sport,”
1H4 I. iii. 298
“As I will it,”
Oth. IV. ii. 242
“which I will to fall
out between twelve and one.”
2.
to make (something)
of a specified shape or form; esp. constr. with
complement
Ado III. iii. 141
“f-ing them like
Pharaoh's soldiers in the reechy
painting,”
1H6 III. iii. 65,
Cæs. II. i. 30
“Fashion it
thus,”
Lr. I. ii. 206
“All with me's meet that
I can
it.”
3.
to change, transform
Cæs. II. i.
220*
“I'll him” (or ?=I'll
shape him to my purpose).
4.
to counterfeit,
pervert
Ado I. iii. 30
“to a carriage to rob
love from any,”
H5 I. ii. 14
“That you should , wrest,
or bow your reading.”
5.
to adapt, accommodate
“to”
Gent. III. i. 135
“How shall I me to
wear a cloak?,”
Ado V. iv. 88
“A halting sonnet . . .
Fashion'd to Beatrice.”
