English

Verb

ashame ‎(third-person singular simple present ashames, present participle ashaming, simple past and past participle ashamed)

1. (transitive, rare) To make ashamed; to shame.
   • 1740, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Sylvanus Urban (ed.), vol 10, p. 245 (Google preview):

     I am young Woman indifferently well brought up in the Country, and might raise my fortune considerably had I not got such a Habit of Sweating, which quite ashames me, when in Company.

   • 1860, Frederic W. Farrar, Julian Home: A Tale of College Life, p. 99 (Google preview):

     The notice annoyed and ashamed him.

   • 1983, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) Oct 18 - Dec 1, p. 399 (Google preview):

     If it is one Minister who has done it he has ashamed us all and the title "Minister" will not be respected anymore.

   • 2009, Steve Scott, Insiders - Outsiders, ISBN 9781907172205, pp. 36-37 (Google preview):

     They would think that I had abandoned them, that I could not handle the stress and pressure and this ashamed me immensely.

   • 2013 Sept. 24, Sudarsan Raghavan, "Kenyan officials say Nairobi mall siege is over," Washington Post (retrieved 30 Sept 2013):

     “As a nation, our head is bloodied but unbowed,” Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a televised address, declaring three days of mourning. “We have ashamed and defeated our attackers.”

References

• ashame at OneLook Dictionary Search