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beshame en · VERB

Etymology

From be- (“at, on, upon”) + shame.

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To shame; put to shame.
   • […] a leading historian of the period, wrote, "Although they assimilated with those nations completely, they will find no peace among them; for the nations will always revile and beshame them, plot against them and falsely accuse them in matters […] 2010, David Ben Moshe, The Secret of the Jews: Letters to Nietzsche:
   • But His approval was a conventional outrage! What can be less in accord with the customs of society than to criticize and beshame one's host, especially if we judge him out of his own mouth? 1902, John George Gibson, Watching for the daybreak! 31 sermons:
   • Controversy is the element of the learned person who has undertaken to beshame and chastise me: […] 1832, The Philological Museum:

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