shend Meaning, Definition & Usage

Shend transitive verb

Etymology

AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See Shame, n.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Shent ; present participle & verbal noun Shending

Definitions

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.