SHEND

Etymology

Verb

shend (third-person singular simple present shends, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)

(obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame.

(archaic) To blame.

(archaic) To destroy; to spoil.

(archaic) To overpower; to surpass.

Anagrams

• Dehns, hends

Source: Wiktionary


Shend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shent; p. pr. & vb. n. Shending.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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