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shend |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shend \Shend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shent}; p. pr & vb n. {Shending}.] [AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See {Shame}, n.] 1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] ``Loss of time shendeth us.'' --Chaucer. I fear my body will be shent. --Dryden. 2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. [Archaic] --R. Browning. The famous name of knighthood foully shend. --Spenser. She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars. --Spenser.
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