Full record for shapechange n.

Definition	an act or instance of shape-changing
OED requirements	antedating 1965
Earliest cite	Fritz Leiber, 'Monster Lovers' (editorial)
Comment	Imran Ghory submitted a cite from a 1993 reprint of Terry Brooks' "The Wishsong of Shannara", which Jeff Wolfe confirmed in an earlier reprint from 1988. We would like to check the 1985 first edition. Douglas Winston submitted a 1990 cite from Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon's "Sassinak". Douglas Winston submitted a 2003 cite from Jim Butcher's "Death Masks" Douglas Winston submitted a 2004 cite from Laurell K. Hamilton's "Seduced by Moonlight" Douglas Winston submitted a 2003 cite from Tamora Pierce's "Trickster's Choice". Douglas Winston submitted a cite for "shape-change" from a 1990 reprint of Roger Zelazny's "Roadmarks", which Malcolm Farmer verified in a 1980 reprint. We would like to verify this in the 1979 first printing. Fred Galvin submitted a 1965 cite from a guest editorial in Fantastic magazine "Monster Lovers" by Fritz Leiber
Last modified	11 March, 2009

Citations for shapechange n.

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1984 S. Burley & P. Haines Golden Heroes 50/1	Freeform Shapechange , characters with this type of Shapechange can transform into any living creature that is approximately the size and shape of a human being. They do not gain any special characteristics or advantages from the change but keep their own normal Attributes (ie those of the original non-superpowered Basic Character), senses, Movement, attacks, etc., and retain no Superpower other than Shapechange, no matter what or who they change into.
1985 T. Brooks Wishsong of Shannara 227	A shape-change. He used it to fit himself into a small ventillation shaft that circulates air to those lower levels. It happened sometime during the night. No one knows where he might be now.
1985 T. Brooks Wishsong of Shannara (1993) 226	A shape-change‥. He used it to fit himself into a small ventilation shaft that circulates air to those lower levels. It happened sometime during the night. No one knows where he might be now.