/ʃɛnd/
OriginFrom Middle English shenden, from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English sċand (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.
- obsoleteTo disgrace or put to shame.
“Her fawning love with foule disdainefull spight
He would not shend”
“Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?”
- archaicTo blame.
- archaicTo destroy; to spoil.
“Go see their fleet and arms, their manner view / of moulded metal, ready all to shend[.]”
- archaicTo overpower; to surpass.
“Since sware the Parcæ unto me, their friend, / they shall adore my name, my favour prize; / and, as their feats of armèd prowess shend / all feats of rival Rome, I lief devise / some mode of aidance i”
“Not since I backed a horse have I been perssed so hard; peril of life, jeopardy of land and livelihood, and to sum up, all these losels in the wood to hunt me down. But I be not yet shent. Some of my ”
Formsshends(present, singular, third-person) · shending(participle, present) · shent(participle, past) · shent(past)