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Calumniate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CALUMNIATE, v.t. [See Calumny.] To accuse or charge one falsely, and knowingly, with some crime, offense, or something, disreputable; to slander.
CALUMNIATE, v.i. To charge falsely and knowingly with a crime or offense; to propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Date: 1554 1. to utter maliciously false statements, charges, or imputations about 2. to injure the reputation of by calumny Synonyms: see malign • calumniation noun • calumniator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. slander. Derivatives: calumniation n. calumniator n. calumniatory adj. Etymology: L calumniari

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Calumniate 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Calumniate 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Slander, malign, traduce, defame, vilify, revile, abuse, libel, blacken, blemish, accuse falsely. See asperse.