DEFAMING

Verb

defaming

present participle of defame

Noun

defaming (plural defamings)

defamation

Source: Wiktionary

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DEFAME

De*fame", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Defaming.] Etym: [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See Fame.]

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.

Syn.

– To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse.

De*fame", n.

Definition: Dishonor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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