Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCAN'DAL-IZE, v.t. [Gr. σκανδαλιζω; L. scandalizo; Sp. escandalizar; It. scandaleux; Fr. scandaliser.]

1. To offend by some action supposed criminal. I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things? – Hooker.
2. To reproach; to disgrace; to defame; as a scandalizing libeler. – Addison.