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Shend


SHEND, verb transitive ptet. and participle passive shent.

1. To injure, mar or spoil. Obs.

That much I fear my body willbe shent. Dryden.

2. To blame, reproach. revile, degrade, disgrace.

The famous name of knighthood foully shend. Spenser.

3. To overpower or surpass.

She pass'd the rest as Cynthia doth shend

The lesser stars.