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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Shame

Shāme, n.

noun

n. [A-S. scamu, sceamu, scomu, sceomu, O. Fries. skome, Icel. skömm, skam, Sw. & Dan. skam, O. Sax. & O. H. Ger. scama, M. H. Ger. schame, scham, schem, N. H. Ger. scham, D. & L. Ger. schämte, Icel. skēmd.] 1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt, or of having done something which injures reputation; or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal; hence, decency; decorum. Hide, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny. Dryden. Have you no maiden shame? Shak. 2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt. Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. Ezek. xxxvi. 6. 3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others. O Cesar, what a wounding shame is this! Shak. 4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; secrets. Isa. xlvii. 3. For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you! — To put to shame, to cause to feel shame; to inflict shame on.

Shāme, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SHAMED; p. pr. & vb. n. SHAMING.] [Icel. skamma. See supra and infra.] 1. To make ashamed; to excite a consciousness of guilt or of conduct derogatory to reputation in; to cause to blush. Who shames a scribbler breaks a cobweb through. Pope.

  1. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. “And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.” Spenser.
  2. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or rare.]

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. Ps. xiv. 6.

Shāme, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [A-S. scamian, sceamian, sceomian, O. Sax. scamian, Goth. skaman sik, gaskaman sik; O. H. Ger. (sik) scamen, scamōn, M. H. Ger. & D. schamen, N. H. Ger. schämen, Icel. skammast, Sw. skämmas, Dan. skamme sig.] To be ashamed; to feel shame. [Rare.] I do shame to think of it. Shak.