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Shame \Shame\, v. i. [AS. scamian, sceamian. See {Shame}, n.]
To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.]
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I do shame
To think of what a noble strain you are. --Shak.
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Shame \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to
OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. &
Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to
be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and
akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf.
{Sham}.]
1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or
impropriety, or of having done something which injures
reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or
modesty prompts us to conceal.
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HIde, for shame,
Romans, your grandsires' images,
That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak.
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2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy;
derision; contempt.
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Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek.
xxxvi. 6.
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Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
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And every woe a tear can claim
Except an erring sister's shame. --Byron.
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3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach,
and degrades a person in the estimation of others;
disgrace.
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O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak.
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Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak.
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4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the
private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3.
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{For shame!} you should be ashamed; shame on you!

{To put to shame}, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to
disgrace. "Let them be driven backward and put to shame
that wish me evil." --Ps. xl. 14.
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Shame \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.
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Were there but one righteous in the world, he would
. . . shame the world, and not the world him.
--South.
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2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to
disgrace.
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And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
--Spenser.
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3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]
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Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. --Ps. xiv.
6.
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