The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] ``Loss of time shendeth us.''
--Chaucer.I fear my body will be shent.
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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.
Wiktionary
shending
vb. (present participle of shend English)