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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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S(c)hent, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. shent (c1400).] Ruined. To mak (a person) schent, to harm; ? to cause injury to; ? to bring ignominy upon. —a1585 Maitl. Q. 243/4.
Vnto a freind I proferd once gud will … But now … thairof I me repent since he for doing so hes maid me schent 1632 Lithgow Trav. ii 44.
Arcadia poore and shent
