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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the knowledge did not abash him in the least.

From At Fault by Chopin, Kate

You quite abash me by your progress in notting, for I am still without silk.

From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William