† to-ˈshend, v. Obs.
[f. to-2 + shend v.]
trans. To ruin or destroy utterly.
| 1382 Wyclif Ps. lvi. [lvii.] 1 In to the ende, ne destroȝe thou or shend [v.r. to-sheende] Dauid. c 1425 Cast. Persev. 794 in Macro Plays 101 Now schal careful Couetyse, Mankende trewly al to-schende. c 1500 Lancelot 1221 His face was al to-hurt and al to-schent. |