abash

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Major scenes are Ivan's coronation; his destruction of the Tartar city of Kazan; his rising from his supposed deathbed to abash those who are plotting against his son's succession.

From Time Magazine Archive

Friends made in the Young Men's Bible Class at his uncle's church abash his rusticity, put him in touch with the spirit of the time, to Succeed.

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In between, the noise quotient would abash a pneumatic drill.

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One of his flock had made some rude remarks about the chaplain's mettle; and to abash him Bennett had marched step by step with the men that day.

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard

You need not try to abash me with your jeers.

From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May