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▪ I. calumniating, vbl. n.|kəˈlʌmnɪeɪtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of slandering or defaming. (Now gerundial.)
1659Gentl. Call. (1696) 7 A wronging, a calumniating even of the very Devil. 1855Macaulay Hist. III. 24 Calumniating and ridiculing the Church which he had deserted. ▪ II. caˈlumniating, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That calumniates, slandering.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. iii. 174 Loue, friendship, charity, are subjects all To enuious and calumniating time. 1711Brit. Apollo III. No. 154. 3/1 Calumniating Tongues. |