Look up: Abash

1. 
   Abash
   A·bash' (ȧ*băsh') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Abashed (ȧ*băsht'); present participle & verbal noun Abashing .] [ Middle English abaissen , abaisshen , abashen , Old French esbahir , French ébahir , to astonish, from Latin ex + the interjection ba ...
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2. 
   Abash
   • (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.
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