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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vilify \Vil"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vilified}; p. pr & vb
n. {Vilifying}.] [L. vilis vile + -fly; cf L. vilificare to
esteem of little value.]
1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.]
When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned
appetite. --Milton.
2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to
calumniate. --I. Taylor.
Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the
merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.
--Addison.
3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.]
I do vilify your censure. --Beau. & Fl
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vilify
v : spread negative information about "The Nazi propaganda
vilified the Jews" [syn: {revile}, {vituperate}, {rail}]
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