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.
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.
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.
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.
