ashame

== English == === Etymology === From Old English āsċamian, from ā- + sċamian (“feel shame”), from Proto-Germanic *skamēnan, from *skamō (“shame, humiliation”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈʃeɪm/ Rhymes: -eɪm === Verb === ashame (third-person singular simple present ashames, present participle ashaming, simple past and past participle ashamed) (intransitive, obsolete) To feel shame; to be ashamed. (transitive, rare) To make ashamed; to shame. 1740, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Sylvanus Urban (ed.), vol 10, p. 245 (Google preview): I am young Woman indifferently well brought up in the Country, and might raiſe my fortune conſiderably had I not got ſuch a Habit of Sweating, which quite aſhames me, when in Company, to ſee my Face of a dewy Sweat, and the generality complain of Cold. === References === “ashame”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Seaham