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verb
Shend  v. t.  (past & past part. shent; pres. part. shending)  
1.
To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. (Obs.) "Loss of time shendeth us." "I fear my body will be shent."
2.
To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. (Archaic) "The famous name of knighthood foully shend." "She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars."





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... passe along Adowne the lee, that to them murmurde low, As he would speake, but that he lackt a tong, Yet did by signes his glad affection show, Making his streame run slow. And all the foule which in his flood did dwell Gan flock about these twaine, that did excell The rest, so far as Cynthia doth shend{28} The lesser stars. So they, enranged well, Did on those two attend, And their best service lend Against their wedding day, which was not long: Sweet Themmes! runne softly, till ...
— Six Centuries of English Poetry - Tennyson to Chaucer • James Baldwin


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