calumniate

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The enemies of the light shall not cease to calumniate and persecute you.

From John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch by Anonymous

To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

They will calumniate you as they have done Thomas Paine and the rest of those brave men who have been courageous enough to strive for civil and religious liberty.

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

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

Fearing that Caius will escape his vengeance, he steals money and offers it to Sempronius as an inducement to calumniate Caius.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome