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shend

[shend]
verb (used with object), shent, shend·ing. Archaic.
  1. to put to shame.
  2. to reproach or scold.
  3. to destroy or injure; damage.
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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
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Historical Examples of shent

  • He'll be shent,Pale unrelentor, When he shall hear the wedding lutes a playing.

    Endymion

    John Keats

British Dictionary definitions for shent

shend

verb shends, shending or shent (ʃɛnt) (tr) archaic
  1. to put to shame
  2. to chide or reproach
  3. to injure or destroy
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Word Origin for shend

Old English gescendan, from scand shame
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