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shend

[shend]

verb (used with object), shent, shend·ing. Archaic.

to put to shame.

to reproach or scold.

to destroy or injure; damage.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English s(c)henden, Old English (ge)scendan (cognate with Dutch schenden, German schänden), derivative of scand shame, infamy

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shend (ʃɛnd)

—vb , shends, shending, shent
1.	to put to shame
2.	to chide or reproach
3.	to injure or destroy

[Old English gescendan, from scandshame]

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