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To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.

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  1. n. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.
  2. n. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.
  3. 1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] "Loss of time shendeth us." Chaucer. I fear my body will be shent. Dryden. 2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. [Archaic] R. Browning. The famous name of knighthood foully shend. Spenser. She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars. Spenser.
  4. n. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. n. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.