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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  ASPERSE, v.t.  Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which
  one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to
     scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
     1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything,
        or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
        --Heywood.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With blackest crimes aspersed.        --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
  
     Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These
            words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the
            character of another. To asperse is figuratively to
            cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the
            imputation of blemishes or faults which render it
            offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a
            man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to
            load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same
            as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in
            common the sense of circulating reports to a man's
            injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse
            their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame
            by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair
            fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading
            injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying
            slight faults into serious errors or crimes.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to
     scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
     1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything,
        or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
        --Heywood.
  
     2. 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.
  
              With blackest crimes aspersed.        --Cowper.
  
     Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
  
     Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These
            words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the
            character of another. To asperse is figuratively to
            cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the
            imputation of blemishes or faults which render it
            offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a
            man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to
            load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same
            as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in
            common the sense of circulating reports to a man's
            injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse
            their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame
            by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair
            fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading
            injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying
            slight faults into serious errors or crimes.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  asperse
       v : 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: defame, slander, smirch, denigrate,
            calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  asperse
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la aspersus  voc m s)
     vb.
     1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
     2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  asperse
     vb.
     1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
     2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  asperse
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la aspersus  voc m s)
     vb.
     1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
     2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  asperse
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la aspersus  voc m s)
     vb.
     1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
     2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  asperse
     Engelska vb.
     baktala

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  asperse //əˈspɜːs// //əˈspɝs// 
  клеветя
  to falsely charge another

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/ 
  pokropit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/ 
  postříkat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/ 
  kropit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/ 
   [formal]  [rare] jdn./etw. verunglimpfen, jdn./etw. abqualifizieren, jdn./etw. in ein schlechtes Licht rücken, jdn. diskreditieren, jdn. verächtlich machen  [pej.]
     Synonyms: denigrate sb./sth., disparage sb./sth.
  
   see: denigrating, disparaging, aspersing, denigrated, disparaged, aspersed
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
  klevetati, poškopiti, poškropiti, prskati, sramotiti

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
  1. iftira etmek, lekelemek, çamur atmak
  2. serpmek. aspersion  iftira, leke. cast aspersions taş atmak, laf sokuşturmak, dokundurmak. aspersive  iftira kabilinden.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "asperse":
     affront, calumniate, christen, defame, denigrate, deride, immerse,
     insult, libel, mock, offend, scandal, scandalize, slander, slur,
     sprinkle, taunt, traduce
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 洒,中伤,诽谤;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 洒水,中伤,诽谤

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