defame

defame is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.

[2] To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish`d name. Dryden.

[3] To charge; to accuse. [R.] Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. Sir W. Scott.

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