Shending

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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