Part 679

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Ashame</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*shame</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>shame</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>\'bescamian</ets> to shame (where <ets>\'be-</ets> is the same as Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, G. <ets>er-</ets>, and orig. meant <ets>out</ets>), <ets>gescamian</ets>, <ets>gesceamian</ets>, to shame.]</ety> <def>To shame.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Ashamed</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*shamed"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Orig. a p. p. of <ets>ashame</ets>, v. t.]</ety> <def>Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.</def> "I am <i>ashamed</i> to beg."

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<blockquote>All that forsake thee shall be <b>ashamed</b>. <i>Jer. xvii. 13.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I began to be <b>ashamed</b> of sitting idle. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Enough to make us <b>ashamed</b> of our species. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An <b>ashamed</b> person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Ashamed</i> seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the Bible to mean <i>disappointed</i>, or <i>defeated</i>.</note>

<h1>Ashamedly</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*sham"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Bashfully.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ashantee</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash`an*tee"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ashantees</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <def>A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.</def>

<h1>Ashantee</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash`an*tee"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Ashantee.</def>

<h1>Ash-colored</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash"-col`ored</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.</def>

<h1>Ashen</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash"en</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ash</er>, the tree.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the ash tree.</def> "<i>Ashen</i> poles."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Ashen</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash"en</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>ashen</b> hue of age. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ashen</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash"en</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <def>obs. pl. for <er>Ashes</er>.</def>