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单词 calumniate
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calumniatev.

Brit. /kəˈlʌmnɪeɪt/, U.S. /kəˈləmniˌeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin calumniāt- participial stem of calumniāri ; see -ate suffix3. Compare 16th cent. French calomnier.
1.
a. transitive. To asperse with calumny, utter calumny regarding; to accuse or charge falsely and maliciously with something criminal or disreputable; to slander.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)]
to say or speak shame of, on, byc950
teleeOE
sayOE
to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000
belie?c1225
betell?c1225
missayc1225
skandera1300
disclanderc1300
wrenchc1300
bewrayc1330
bite1330
gothele1340
slanderc1340
deprave1362
hinderc1375
backbite1382
blasphemec1386
afamec1390
fame1393
to blow up?a1400
defamea1400
noise1425
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
malignc1450
to speak villainy of1470
infame1483
injury1484
painta1522
malicea1526
denigrate1526
disfamea1533
misreporta1535
sugill?1539
dishonest?c1550
calumniate1554
scandalize1566
ill1577
blaze1579
traduce1581
misspeak1582
blot1583
abuse1592
wronga1596
infamonize1598
vilify1598
injure?a1600
forspeak1601
libel1602
infamize1605
belibel1606
calumnize1606
besquirt1611
colly1615
scandala1616
bedirt1622
soil1641
disfigurea1643
sycophant1642
spatter1645
sugillate1647
bespattera1652
bedung1655
asperse1656
mischieve1656
opprobriatea1657
reflect1661
dehonestate1663
carbonify1792
defamate1810
mouth1810
foul-mouth1822
lynch1836
rot1890
calumny1895
ding1903
bad-talk1938
norate1938
bad-mouth1941
monster1967
1554 Bp. J. Hooper in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xxiv. 67 So that hatred unto the trewth dyd alwayse falsly reporte and calumniate all godly mens doinges.
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 2 (margin) The highest personages have been calumniated.
1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vi. 513 Mantua was..calumniated to be ill affected.
1718 Free-thinker No. 2. 2 He was never heard to Calumniate his Adversary for want of Argument.
1857 W. Whewell tr. J. B. Delambre in Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) I. 309 We must not calumniate even the Inquisition.
b. intransitive (absol.) To utter calumnies.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > utter slander or calumny [verb (intransitive)]
missay?c1225
wrayc1330
malignc1425
slanderc1426
libel1570
deprave1600
calumniate1609
libellizec1620
sycophantize1636
disreport1655
scandalize1745
to sling (also fling, throw) mud1768
calumny1895
foul-mouth1960
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 126 Deceptions functions, Created onely to calumniate.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxvii The Editor and his Witnesses may calumniate as they please.
2. To charge (a thing) calumniously against a person. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > falsely
chidea1000
liec1000
surmise1477
mischarge1571
wrest1610
calumniate1649
1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xii. 95 I thought, that..the gaining of that respite could not be so much to the Rebels advantages (which some haue highly calumniated against me).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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