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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defame \De*fame"\, noun Dishonor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defame \De*fame"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See {Fame}.]
1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden.
3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]
Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. --Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See {Asperse}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defame
verb: 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" [syn: {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "defame": asperse, attaint, bad-mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on, cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove, disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, libel, malign, misrepresent, pillory, reprimand, scandalize, slander, slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, throw mud at, traduce, vilify
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
DEFAME, v.t. To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.
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