calumniate

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Men of courage don't fall sick because the newspapers calumniate them.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

It is still fashionable to calumniate this man—and yet Channing, Theodore Parker, Longfellow, Emerson, and in fact all the liberal Unitarians and Universalists of the world have adopted the opinions of Thomas Paine.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

And, besides, what are you called upon to do—to leave a house where dependence would grind your spirit, or envy calumniate, and make you seem vile in the eyes of others.

From Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel by Newby, Emma

Is it necessary to hate those who disagree with you, and to calumniate those whose argument you cannot answer, in order to be spiritual?

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green

We shall be able to meet at a dance now and then, and swing merrily round while they sit by who calumniate us.

From Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne