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Webster 1913 Edition
Shend
Shend
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shent
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shending
.] [AS. ]
scendan
to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand
, sceond
, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande
, Goth. skanda
. See Shame
, Noun.
1.
To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.
[Obs.]
“Loss of time shendeth us.” Chaucer.
I fear my body will be
shent
. Dryden.
2.
To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.
[Archaic]
R. Browning.
The famous name of knighthood foully
shend
. Spenser.
She passed the rest as Cynthia doth
The lesser stars.
shend
The lesser stars.
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shend
SHEND
,Verb.
T.
1. To injure, mar or spoil. Obs.
That much I fear my body willbe shent. Dryden.
2. To blame, reproach. revile, degrade, disgrace.
The famous name of knighthood foully shend. Spenser.
3. To overpower or surpass.
She pass'd the rest as Cynthia doth shend
The lesser stars.