Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit and past participle of shend.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of shend, for shendeth.
  • transitive verb obsolete To shend.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of shend.

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  • "FIRST GUARD: Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?"

    - William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.

    August 29, 2009