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Webster 1913 Edition

Shamefast

Shame′fast

,

Adj.

[AS.

scamfæst

.]

Modest; shamefaced.

–

Shame′fast-ly

,

adv.

–

Shame′fast-ness

,

Noun.

[Archaic]

See

.

Shamefast

she was in maiden

shamefastness

.

Chaucer.

[Conscience] is a blushing

shamefast

spirit.

Shakespeare

Modest apparel with

shamefastness

.

1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).