ridicule, slander, defame; sprinkle (as with holy water)
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Asperse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
(v. t.)
To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.
asperse
\as*perse"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. aspersed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. aspersing.] [l. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. see sparse.]
1. to sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
2. to bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character. with blackest crimes aspersed.
Asperse, (v.t.)
Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
Verb
1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
(synonym) defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
(hypernym) charge, accuse
(hyponym) assassinate
(derivation) aspersion, slur
Asperse Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
To sprinkle, especially with holy water.
