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Webster 1913 Edition
Calumniate
Ca-lum′ni-ate
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Calumniated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
calumniating
.] 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
,Verb.
I.
To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.
Webster 1828 Edition
Calumniate
CALUMNIATE
,Verb.
T.
CALUMNIATE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
calumniate
calumniate
English
Verb
calumniate (third-person singular simple present calumniates, present participle calumniating, simple past and past participle calumniated)
- (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- Strype
- Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.
- 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, chapter 1
- There are adherents of each of the four French parties—Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, and Republicans—in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe, decry, and calumniate each other.
- Strype
- (transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
Synonyms
- (to make hurtful untrue statements): slander
- See also Wikisaurus:defame
Translations
to make hurtful untrue statements
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