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slandering


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slander  \Slan"der\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slandered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Slandering}.] 
  1.  To  defame;  to  injure  by  maliciously  uttering  a  false 
  report;  to  tarnish  or  impair  the  reputation  of  by  false 
  tales  maliciously  told  or  propagated;  to  calumniate. 
 
  O,  do  not  slander  him  for  he  is  kind  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  bring  discredit  or  shame  upon  by  one's  acts 
 
  Tax  not  so  bad  a  voice  To  slander  music  any  more 
  than  once.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  To  asperse;  defame;  calumniate;  vilify;  malign;  belie; 
  scandalize;  reproach.  See  {Asperse}. 




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