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Shending

Shend \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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shending

vb. (present participle of shend English)