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v. To publicly rebuke.
v. To cause shame to, embarrass.
"Mrs. Adelson was mavayish a big developer at the Lakewood town meeting."
"When he told everyone my bad grade, the teacher was mevayesh me publicly." (Weiser)
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calque of Yid. מבֿייש זײַן mevayesh zayn 'shame, disgrace, humiliate'
to be mevayish, to be mavayesh, to be mavayish
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