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.
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In between, the noise quotient would abash a pneumatic drill.
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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When they heard the king's order the Genoese moved forward; 'then,' says the historian, 'they made a great cry to abash the English; but they stood still and stirred not for all that.
From Stories from English History by Skae, Hilda T.
This, however, did not abash the "full moon," for he advanced closer, and laid one burly hand upon the railing beside her.
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Vocabulary lists containing abash
"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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