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Dictionary: Shend

v. 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, n.]

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 shend
The lesser stars.
Spenser.

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chiefly Brit dial.  injure, mar; ruin, destroy
 
 
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