A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
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Accusation.
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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
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False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.
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False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; sl…
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Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
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The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.
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To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
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A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
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Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
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To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.
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Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
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To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
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To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.
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To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.
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Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
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Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
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To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
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A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
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To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.
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To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.
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False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
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Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; sl…
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To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calum…
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To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
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The act of making black.
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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
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To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.
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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.
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