Category:Shend

Shend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shent; p. pr. & vb. n. Shending.] Etym: [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.