Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Asperse

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Asperse


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(1):

(v. t.) To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

(2):

(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.