asperse

asperse is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust. Heywood.

[2] To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man`s character. With blackest crimes aspersed. Cowper.

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