v. Obs. [f. A- pref. 1 + OE. węmman to corrupt, spoil (see WEM); or for OE. ʓewęmman.] To corrupt, defile; to disgrace, dishonor; to impair, injure, spoil.
[c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke xii. 33. Ne moððe ne ʓewemð.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 83. Ȝef ho awemmed were of hire meidenhad.
c. 1205. Lay., 21290. Heo þohten … weorien heom mid wepnen, & Arður awæmmen. Ibid. (1250), 20165. Þe wilde crane … wane his fliht his a-wemmid.
