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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.
Definition 2024
shend
shend
English
Verb
shend (third-person singular simple present shends, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)
- (obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame.
- c 1608, William Shakespeare, s:Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene II
- Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?
- c 1608, William Shakespeare, s:Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene II
- (archaic) To blame.
- (archaic) To destroy, to spoil.
Conjugation
conjugation of shend
| infinitive | shend | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | shending | ||||||||||
| past participle | shent | ||||||||||
| simple | progressive | perfect | perfect progressive | ||||||||
| present | I shend | we shend | I am shending | we are shending | I have shent | we have shent | I have been shending | we have been shending | |||
| you shend | you shend | you are shending | you are shending | you have shent | you have shent | you have been shending | you have been shending | ||||
| he shends | they shend | he is shending | they are shending | he has shent | they have shent | he has been shending | they have been shending | ||||
| past | I shent | we shent | I was shending | we were shending | I had shent | we had shent | I had been shending | we had been shending | |||
| you shent | you shent | you were shending | you were shending | you had shent | you had shent | you had been shending | you had been shending | ||||
| he shent | they shent | he was shending | they were shending | he had shent | they had shent | he had been shending | they had been shending | ||||
| future | I will shend | we will shend | I will be shending | we will be shending | I will have shent | we will have shent | I will have been shending | we will have been shending | |||
| you will shend | you will shend | you will be shending | you will be shending | you will have shent | you will have shent | you will have been shending | you will have been shending | ||||
| he will shend | they will shend | he will be shending | they will be shending | he will have shent | they will have shent | he will have been shending | they will have been shending | ||||
| conditional | I would shend | we would shend | I would be shending | we would be shending | I would have shent | we would have shent | I would have been shending | we would have been shending | |||
| you would shend | you would shend | you would be shending | you would be shending | you would have shent | you would have shent | you would have been shending | you would have been shending | ||||
| he would shend | they would shend | he would be shending | they would be shending | he would have shent | they would have shent | he would have been shending | they would have been shending | ||||
| imperative | shend | ||||||||||
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:shend.