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Definition of Scathe
1. Noun. The act of damaging something or someone.
Generic synonyms: Change Of Integrity
Specialized synonyms: Impairment, Defacement, Disfiguration, Disfigurement, Wound, Wounding, Burn, Defloration
Derivative terms: Damage, Harm
Definition of Scathe
1. v. t. To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
Definition of Scathe
1. Verb. (archaic) To injure. ¹
2. Noun. Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scathe
1. to criticize severely [v SCATHED, SCATHING, SCATHES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scathe
Literary usage of Scathe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1853)
"Ward, an he the sayd John scathe, to haue them after the ... to Anne scathe, dau.
of Elisebeth Hiller, £5 too yere After my desease ; vnto William Heley, ..."
2. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1837)
"Hence also schaeden, to injure, the same word with our to scathe. ... A gode wife
there was also beside Bathe Thei would eft sonis do you scathe ..."
3. Lailí and Majnún: A Poem from the Original Persian of Nazámi by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, James Atkinson (1836)
"630 Keep it from woman's scathe, and still Obedient to thy own free will, And
mindful of a parent's voice, Make him, and not thy foes, rejoice. ..."
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