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Variant of abash

transitive verb

to make embarrassed and ill at ease; make self-conscious; disconcert

Origin: ME abaishen < OFr esbahir, to astonish < es-, intens. (< L ex-) + stem of baer, to gape: see bay

Related Forms:

abashedly adverb
abashment noun

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