ashame, aschame (past par ashamed, ashamyd, aschamyd)

t. [Eng. a; shame. A.S. ascamian =to be ashamed; gesceamian = to make ashamed; from scam a = shame; gescamian =to shame, to blush. In Dut. beshaamd is an adj. ashamed; Ger. beschämen = to shame.] A. As a verb in contradistinction to a parti ciple it is obsolete: To put to shame; to cause to blush. "Ne be ye not aschamed, that daun Johan Schal alday fastyng thus elenge goon?" Chaucer: C. Т., 14,632-3. In Scripture it is followed by of , or more rarely by for or because , applied to that which causes the shame. "And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence." Jer . xlviii. 13. they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people."- Isa . xxvi. 11. they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices." Hosea iv. 19. In Ordinary Language: To be ashamed for a person is to blush on account of his misconduct, the desire being felt that he should not disgrace himself. a-shā'm-ed-lỹ, adv . [Eng. ashamed; -ly.] So as to manifest shame; bashfully. ( Huloet .) ash-bud, s . [Eng. ash (2), and bud .] A bud on or from an ash-tree. "Darker than darkest pansies, and that hair More black than ashbuds in the front of March." Tennyson: The Gardener's Daughter.