asperse
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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
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
"Not even scandal could asperse her motives in the present case," said Lady Hester, with an insolent laugh.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
Let no one write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dares now to vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
I am sure Mr. Fullarton would not asperse any one’s character knowingly.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
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
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
On the first Sunday of his residence at the convent, as he went to high mass, he observed the friar who was sprinkling the holy water, hesitate when his turn came to be aspersed.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
Once more, all the old, worn-out charges were trumped up, including even that by which the Princess Margaret’s name had been so cruelly aspersed.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt
If with the aspersed one he should fail, The asperser’s sure to fall; For, losing Christian charity, Have we not lost our all?
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Eliza Paul Gurney
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
Then she commenced aspersing Isabel in every way, and Everard hotly defended her.
From Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Maude Alma
That the tale of Richard aspersing the chastity of his own mother is incredible; it appearing that he lived with her in perfect harmony, and lodged with her in her palace at that very time.
From Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Horace Walpole
I understood the persistence of Alexis in aspersing her character.
From Marie; a story of Russian love by Marie H. de Zielinska
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