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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shamed p. pr. & vb. n. Shaming.]
 1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
    Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him.   --South.
 2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
    And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.   --Spenser.
 3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]
    Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor.   --Ps. xiv. 6.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shamed
      adj 1: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
             shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric
             Linklater [syn: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced]
      2: suffering shame [syn: discredited, disgraced, dishonored]

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Shamed, destroying; wearing out