toshend

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verb

To ruin completely; destroy.

OriginMiddle English toshenden ← Old English tōsċendan →
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Meanings

verbtoshend (third-person singular simple present toshends, present participle toshending, simple past and past participle toshent)

present singular third person toshends · participle present toshending · participle past toshent · past toshent

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo ruin completely; destroy.

Origin

  1. Old Englishtōsċendan“to destroy”
  2. Middle Englishtoshenden
  3. Englishtoshend

From Middle English toshenden, from Old English tōsċendan (“to destroy”), equivalent to to- + shend.

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APA

toshend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toshend

MLA

“toshend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toshend. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toshend,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toshend.

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