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Verb: asperse  u'spurs
  1. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    "The journalists have aspersed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
    - defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch

Derived forms: aspersing, asperses, aspersed

See also: aspersion

Type of: accuse, charge

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