verb
Meaning 1
To disgrace or put to shame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʃɛnd/
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rhymes with -ɛnd
verb
Meaning 2
To blame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 3
To destroy; to spoil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 4
To overpower; to surpass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Etymology
From Middle English schenden, from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English sċand (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.