forshame
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See also: for shame
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- + shame.
Verb
[edit]forshame (third-person singular simple present forshames, present participle forshaming, simple past and past participle forshamed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
- (transitive, obsolete) To shame; bring reproach on.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To dare; presume; have the face to.
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