shend.
To disgrace or put to shame.
Meaning & usage
To disgrace or put to shame.
To blame.
To destroy; to spoil.
To overpower; to surpass.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English schenden, from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English sċand (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.
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