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shend.

To disgrace or put to shame.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃɛnd/
  1. To disgrace or put to shame.

    obsolete
  2. To blame.

    archaic
  3. To destroy; to spoil.

    archaic
  4. To overpower; to surpass.

    archaic
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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