asperse
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With this threat blazoned, the British note went on to asperse individually and by name five officials of the Soviet Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hereditary duties of the King's Champion are to "gird himself in complete armor," ride out upon a noble charger, fling down his gauntlet, offer to fight all "liars and traitors" who asperse King Edward.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, that ought to console you, even if Madame de Verzenay should asperse your character.”
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
"I need none, sir; none will asperse me!" said she, haughtily.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
What is it to asperse? to malign? to traduce? to disparage?
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
During the first nine months of 1923 there were: Births 584,458 Deaths 506,007 Birth rate excess 78,451 The Paris press aspersed U. S. lib erty.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had to take this "dear lady" as applying to herself; which disconcerted her when he might now so gracefully have used it for the aspersed Kate.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James
I would give my life rather than hear her aspersed by a calumnious word--give my life, aye, readily, willingly.'
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
After all that has happened I do not hold myself bound, nor do I intend, to consider anyone or anything in comparison with the credit of the name which has been so foully aspersed.
From Name and Fame A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
Brooke is aspersed as a man of the meanest talents, insensible to the genius of Camden, rankling with envy at his fame, and correcting the “Britannia” out of mere spite.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
J. Without unfairly aspersing Homer Cummings, it can be said that the D. o.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had brought this suit against Le Journal of Paris for libelously aspersing his patriotism as an Alsatian.
From Time Magazine Archive
A third manifestation is, aspersing a man’s actions with mean censures, intimating that they proceed from wrong motives and principles.
From Talkers With Illustrations by John Bate
Here we see the origin of the tale relating to the duchess of York; nullus certus & incorruptus sangnis: from these mistaken or perverted words flowed the report of Richard's aspersing his mother's honour.
From Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Horace Walpole
She went still further, and wreaked her vengeance on St. James for the wounds he had inflicted on her vanity, by aspersing and slandering the innocent Rosalie.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
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