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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.]
1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] "Loss of time
shendeth us." --Chaucer.
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I fear my body will be shent. --Dryden.
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2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or
put to shame. [Archaic] --R. Browning.
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The famous name of knighthood foully shend.
--Spenser.
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She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend
The lesser stars. --Spenser.
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