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English → English (gcide) Definition: Shending 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. [1913 Webster] I fear my body will be shent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. [Archaic] --R. Browning. [1913 Webster] The famous name of knighthood foully shend. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]