shende
shende is the obsolete spelling of shend.
Meaning of shend
Verb
shend (third-person singular simple present shends, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)
- To disgrace or put to shame.
- Her fawning love with foule disdainefull spight
He would not shend1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Her fawning love with foule disdainefull spight
- To blame.
- To destroy; to spoil.
- Go see their fleet and arms, their manner view / of moulded metal, ready all to shend[.]1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 279
- To overpower; to surpass.
- Since sware the Parcæ unto me, their friend, / they shall adore my name, my favour prize; / and, as their feats of armèd prowess shend / all feats of rival Rome, I lief devise / some mode of aidance in what things I may, / far as our force o'er man extendeth sway.1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 339
Forms of shende
| third-person singular present | shendes |
|---|---|
| present participle | shending |
| past participle | shent |
| past | shent |
Questions about shende
- What is shende the obsolete spelling of?
- Shende is the obsolete spelling of shend.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shende (page history and authors); shend (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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