defame
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- Rhymes: -eɪm
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to defame (third-person singular simple present defames, present participle defaming, simple past and past participle defamed)
- to try to diminish the reputation of.
- to publish a libel about.
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- See also Wikisaurus:defame
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to try to diminish the reputation of
to publish a libel about
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[edit] External links
- defame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- defame in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
