"beshame" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beshames [present, singular, third-person], beshaming [participle, present], beshamed [participle, past], beshamed [past]
Etymology: From be- (“at, on, upon”) + shame. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|shame|t1=at, on, upon}} be- (“at, on, upon”) + shame Head templates: {{en-verb}} beshame (third-person singular simple present beshames, present participle beshaming, simple past and past participle beshamed)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To shame; put to shame. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-beshame-en-verb-SpK8GglL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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