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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ashame

/əsh-ām'/ · A·shame · IPA /əˈʃeɪm/

01 v. t. To shame.

[Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. āscamian to shame (where ā- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame.]

1.
To shame.[R.]

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