calumniate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: calumniate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for calumniate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calumniate v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calumniate \Calum"niate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel. Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. --Strype. {Syn}. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See {Asperse}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calumniate \Calum"niate\, v. i. To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.