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forshame

forshame

See also: for shame

English

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Verb

forshame ‎(third-person singular simple present forshames, present participle forshaming, simple past and past participle forshamed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To shame; bring reproach on.
  3. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England) To dare; presume; have the face to.

Etymology

From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian ‎(“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”), equivalent to for- +‎ shame.

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