'Shammed' definitions:

Definition of 'Shammed'

From: GCIDE
  • Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shamming.]
  • 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. [1913 Webster]
  • Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. [1913 Webster]
  • To sham Abram or To sham Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham. [1913 Webster]

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