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(obsolete form of abashed English) v
(context obsolete English) (en-past of: abash)
Usage examples of "abasht".
She answerd nought, but more abasht for shame,Held downe her head, the whiles her louely faceThe flashing bloud with blushing did inflame,And the strong passion mard her modest grace,That Guyon meruayld at her vncouth cace:Till Alma him bespake, Why wonder yeeFaire Sir at that, which ye so much embrace?
At last when as to her owne Loue she came,Whom like disguize no lesse deformed had,At sight thereof abasht with secrete shame,She turnd her head aside, as nothing glad,To haue beheld a spectacle so bad:And then too well beleeu'd, that which toforeIealous suspect as true vntruely drad,Which vaine conceipt now nourishing no more,She sought with ruth to salue his sad misfortunes sore.