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Calumniate

Calumniate Meaning & Definition
Calumniate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Calumniate?

[v] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Calumniate: asperse | besmirch | defame | denigrate | slander | smear | smirch | sully

Related Terms | Find terms related to Calumniate:

See Also | accuse | assassinate | badmouth | charge | drag through the mud | libel | malign | traduce

Calumniate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel. Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. --Strype. {Syn}. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See {Asperse}.
\Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.

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