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verb

Defame v. t. (past & past part. defamed; pres. part. defaming)

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.

To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. "My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name."

To charge; to accuse. (R.) "Rebecca is... defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight."

Synonyms: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse.

noun

Defame n. Dishonor. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Defame'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Apes doing? They were standing afar off, pointing the finger of scorn at these angels of mercy and calling them "prostitutes of the priesthood." In this land every man has a perfect right to entertain such religious views as he likes; but those who defame women who cheerfully risk their lives for others' sake should be promptly shot. "By their fruits ye shall know them," says the Good Book; and while the Church of Rome is producing Good Samaritans to wrestle with the plague, the ...

— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

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— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller

... Maltravers. I see it now. You would darkly slander him whom you cannot openly defame. Go; I was wrong to ...

— Ernest Maltravers, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... your aim Was alone to defame, The nearest relation you own; At your malice he smil'd, But he won't see defil'd, By your harpy ...

— The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals, Volume 2. • Lord Byron

... jewels before thee, to draw thine eyes upon them when thou didst pass through the land of Egypt, but thou didst not look their way, and therefore wast thou made the father of two tribes. The magicians and the wise men of Egypt sought to defame thee before Pharaoh and slander thee, but thou didst set thy hope in the Almighty. Therefore may He who appeared unto me as El Shaddai bless thee and grant thee fertile soil and much cattle. May the blessing thy father giveth thee now, and the blessing that his ...

— The Legends of the Jews Volume 1 • Louis Ginzberg

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