English
Etymology
Old English scendan.
Pronunciation
IPA|/��nd/
Verb
en-verb|shends|shending|shent
- obsolete to disgrace or put to shame
- archaic to blame
- archaic to destroy, to spoil
#:*Late C14: �ou seyest, ri�t as womes shende a tree, / Ri�t so a wyf destroyeþ hire housbounde � Geoffrey Chaucer, �The Wife of Bath's Tale�, Canterbury Tales
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