shend

[ shend ]

verb (used with object),shent, shend·ing.Archaic.

to put to shame.
to reproach or scold.

to destroy or injure; damage.

Origin of shend

before 900; Middle English s(c)henden,Old English (ge)scendan (cognate with Dutch schenden,German schänden), derivative of scand shame, infamy

Words Nearby shend

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How to use shend in a sentence

I wrote my requisition to the doctor while shend was struggling to his feet.
A Diversity of Creatures | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for shend

shend

/ (ʃɛnd) /

verbshends, shending or shent (ʃɛnt) (tr) archaic

to put to shame
to chide or reproach

to injure or destroy

Origin of shend

Old English gescendan, from scand shame

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