Dictionary entry

Shame (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shame, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shaming.] 1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.

Were there but one righteous in the world, he would... shame the world, and not the world him. South.

2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.

And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. Spenser.

3. To mock at; to deride.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. Ps. xiv. 6.