Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCAN'DAL
SCAN'DAL, v.t.
- To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to blacken character. I do fawn on men, and hug them hard, / And after scandal them. [Little used.] – Shak.
- To scandalize; to offend. [Not used.] – Bp. Story.
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