v (transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. (defdate|First attested from around (1150 to 1350).)
v (intransitive|obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. (defdate|Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 16th century.)