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Abash

Definition of abash:

part of speech: verb

To make ashamed; confound.

part of speech: verb

To put to shame; to disconcert; to humiliate.

Usage examples for abash:

In the shade it sings and springs; in the shine such foam- bows flash On the horses with curling fish- tails, that prance and paddle and pash Round the lady atop in the conch- fifty gazers do not abash Though all that she wears is some weeds round her waist in a sort of a sash! "Hospital Sketches", Robert Swain Peabody.

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