ASHAME

Etymology

Verb

ashame (third-person singular simple present ashames, present participle ashaming, simple past and past participle ashamed)

(intransitive, obsolete) To feel shame; to be ashamed.

(transitive, rare) To make ashamed; to shame.

Anagrams

• Seaham

Source: Wiktionary


A*shame, v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. ascamian to shame (where a- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame.]

Definition: To shame. [R.] Barrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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