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shend

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Verb — To bring shame on someone.

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Etymology

Comes from Middle English schenden, which developed from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). It is a cognate of Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”) and German sch...

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