shent

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shent \Shent\,
   obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Shend}, for shendeth.
   --Chaucer.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shent \Shent\, v. t.
   To shend. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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