Asperse

Definition of Asperse

As`perse´

v. t.	1.	To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Aspersing.]
	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.

Related Words

affront, calumniate, christen, defame, denigrate, deride, immerse, insult, libel, mock, offend, scandal, scandalize, slander, slur, sprinkle, taunt, traduce

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