Sekirov Dictionary

scathe

/skeɪð/

noun 4
verb 4
forms 5

noun4

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(dialect, no longer used) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
- Therefore great Lords bee as your titles vvitnes, Imperious, and impatient of your vvrongs, And vvherein Rome hath done you any skath, Let him make treable satisfaction. — 1588
(dialect, no longer used) An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
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(dialect, no longer used) Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
- The pride I trampled is now my scathe, For it tramples me again. — 1888
(dialect, no longer used) Something to be mourned or regretted.

verb4

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(literary) To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
- The shout was hushed on lake and fell, The Monk resumed his muttered spell. Dismal and low its accents came, The while he scathed the Cross with flame; […] — 1810
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(figurative) To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
- There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul—that penetrate to the vital seat of happiness—and blast it, never again to put forth bud or blossom. — 1819
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(Scotland, no longer used) To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
- This trick may chance to scath you I knovv vvhat, You must contrarie me, […] — 1591
(Scotland, no longer used) To cause monetary loss to (someone).

forms

scathed · scathing · scathes · scatheth · scathest

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