shend

English

Etymology

From Middle English shenden, from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-Germanic *skandijaną (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”), Danish skænde (“defile”). Related to Old English sċand (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛnd/
Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

shend (third-person singular simple present shends, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)

(obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame.
- c 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene II
  Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?
(Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
(archaic) To blame.
(archaic) To destroy; to spoil.
(archaic) To overpower; to surpass.

Conjugation

conjugation of shend

infinitive			shend
present participle			shending
past participle			shent
	simple		progressive		perfect		perfect progressive
present	I shend	we shend	I am shending	we are shending	I have shent	we have shent	I have been shending	we have been shending
	you shend	you shend	you are shending	you are shending	you have shent	you have shent	you have been shending	you have been shending
	he shends	they shend	he is shending	they are shending	he has shent	they have shent	he has been shending	they have been shending

past	I shent	we shent	I was shending	we were shending	I had shent	we had shent	I had been shending	we had been shending
	you shent	you shent	you were shending	you were shending	you had shent	you had shent	you had been shending	you had been shending
	he shent	they shent	he was shending	they were shending	he had shent	they had shent	he had been shending	they had been shending

future	I will shend	we will shend	I will be shending	we will be shending	I will have shent	we will have shent	I will have been shending	we will have been shending
	you will shend	you will shend	you will be shending	you will be shending	you will have shent	you will have shent	you will have been shending	you will have been shending
	he will shend	they will shend	he will be shending	they will be shending	he will have shent	they will have shent	he will have been shending	they will have been shending

conditional	I would shend	we would shend	I would be shending	we would be shending	I would have shent	we would have shent	I would have been shending	we would have been shending
	you would shend	you would shend	you would be shending	you would be shending	you would have shent	you would have shent	you would have been shending	you would have been shending
	he would shend	they would shend	he would be shending	they would be shending	he would have shent	they would have shent	he would have been shending	they would have been shending

imperative	shend

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:shend.

Derived terms

shendship

Anagrams

Dehns, hends

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