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1. (v.t.) asperse
to attack with false and damaging charges or insinuations; slander; malign.
2. asperse
to sprinkle; bespatter.
Etymology: (1480–90; < L aspersus, ptp. of aspergere to sprinkle, asperse <a-a-5+spargere to scatter)
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1. (verb) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
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"
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1. (verb) Asperse
to sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust
2. (verb) Asperse
to bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character
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