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defamedefame /dɪˈfeɪm/ verb [transitive] formal ETYMOLOGYdefameOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French deffamer, from Latin fama; ➔ FAME VERB TABLEdefame |
Present | I, you, we, they | defame | | he, she, it | defames | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | defamed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have defamed | | he, she, it | has defamed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had defamed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will defame | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have defamed |
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Present | I | am defaming | | he, she, it | is defaming | | you, we, they | are defaming | Past | I, he, she, it | was defaming | | you, we, they | were defaming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been defaming | | he, she, it | has been defaming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been defaming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be defaming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been defaming |
to write or say something that makes people have a bad opinion of someone or something: a novel defaming the Catholic Church—defamatory /dɪˈfæməˌtɔri/ adjective |