shend

American  

[shend] / ʃɛnd /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

shent, shending

1. to put to shame.

2. to reproach or scold.

3. to destroy or injure; damage.

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shend British  

/ ʃɛnd /

verb

1. to put to shame

2. to chide or reproach

3. to injure or destroy

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

And all the foule which in his flood did dwell Gan flock about these twaine, that did excell The rest, so far as Cynthia doth shend The lesser starres.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Shent, pa. t. shamed, disgraced, 2749; part. pa. shend, 2845.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

The Knight pressed into the place, An hundred followed him free, With bows bent and arrows sharp For to shend that company.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

The knight press-ed into the place, An hundred followed him free, With bow-es bent, and arrows sharp, For to shend that company.

From A Bundle of Ballads by Morley, Henry

He used "eyne" for "eyes," "fone" for "foes," "shend" for "shame."

From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post