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belibel, v.|bɪˈlaɪb(ə)l| [f. be- 4 + libel v.] trans. To assail with libels; to traduce, slander, calumniate. Hence beˈlibelled ppl. a.
a1626Breton Packet Lett. ii. xvi, Belibelling the wicked, abusing the honest, or pleasing the foolish. 1683Cave Ecclesiastici 493 To be thus traduced and..be-libelled in publick Sermons. 1881Athenæum 13 Aug. 209/3 Sir John Fastolf, the much be-libelled original of Falstaff. |