asperse

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aspersum, past participle of aspergere.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Verb

1. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2. To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     This is indeed a most aggravating circumstance, which attends depriving men unjustly of their reputation; for a man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise such as affect his conversation, unless where a perfect intimacy must have convinced them that their friend’s character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defame

Translations

sprinkle — see sprinkle

scatter — see scatter

to falsely charge another

• Bulgarian: клеветя (bg) (klevetja)
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: calunniare (it), diffamare (it)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} asperger (fr)
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Anagrams

• Parsees, pareses, preases, preasse, seprase, serapes

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Italian

Verb

asperse

1. third-person singular past historic of aspergere

asperse f

1. plural of asperso

Anagrams

• esparse
• paresse
• passere
• spesare
• speserà

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) asperse

1. vocative masculine singular of aspersus