calumniate
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To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
"I knew what I was saying when I spoke to him as I did, for a man who does not hesitate to calumniate an unprotected woman has no sense of honour!"
From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph
According to these principles, our doctors in their quarrels, injure, defame, calumniate, and asperse, and when they have the power, persecute and exterminate each other.
From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Annet, Peter
And so he concluded, affirming that the whole course of proceedings in that matter had been mixed with such clemency, as he thought there was none so malicious that could calumniate.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John
But I never could have believed that it would lead him to do anything so vile as to calumniate me so cruelly.
From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
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"The Wife of Bath's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer
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