shend

Meaning

Verb

To disgrace or put to shame.
To blame.
To destroy; to spoil.
To overpower; to surpass.

Origin

From Middle English shenden, from Old English sċendan, from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem-. Cognate with Dutch schenden, German schänden. Related to Old English sċand. More at shand, shame.

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