forshame

== English == === Alternative forms === foreshame === Etymology === From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- +‎ shame. === Verb === forshame (third-person singular simple present forshames, present participle forshaming, simple past and past participle forshamed) (intransitive, obsolete) To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed. (transitive, obsolete) To shame; bring reproach on. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To dare; presume; have the face to.